ms vs linux ad

[sde]

i thought this was a funny ad i saw on phpbuilder.com ...



:: edited, because i guess i shouldn't be advertising for ms.. lol ::

[Kernel_Killer]

This isn't the first time they tried this ad. Their first was pretty much an insane amount of false presumptions. The cost of Linux admins vs. M$ admins, the cost of maintaining vs. the support from the M$ license per-seat, and everything else you could possibly think of to try to steer people away.

Nothing like some good advertising. :butt:

[Belisarius]

What's really funny was that those same ads pop-up on Slashdot, probably the most anti-Microsoft community on the net.

[Valmont]

What's the history behind this?

[Belisarius]

Define "this"?

[Valmont]

I don't know the history behind that MS ad.

[Belisarius]

Oh, MS has been putting out web-ads touting the fact that MS is cheaper in enterprise situations than Linux (The one I remember cites Seven-Eleven's TCO as being much lower than Linux). And they seem to have bought ad-space on banner-systems that advertise on OSDN sites, which aren't particularly sympathetic to the argument.

I mean, it's ironic to see a MS ad on Slashdot, where all Microsoft stories are affixed with a picture of Bill Gates as a Borg.