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Microsoft's "get the facts" campaign for IE8 smells funny
Microsoft's new Get the facts has a strange smell to it. It's almost like it smells... old and stale.
Wait, I think I know why!
It's the smell of old and stale lies. It smells like their old "get the facts" campaign against Linux. I'm sure people remember the campaign they used to run where they would lie to people's faces and pay researchers to produce reports that were dishonest and biased towards Microsoft.
They are doing it again, only this time it's lies and half-truths about other browsers.
I saw their browser comparison page earlier, and they have since corrected their claim about standards to specifically mention CSS 2.1. And leaving out all the things IE8 doesn't do, they win themselves an undeserved checkmark.
The security claim is equally flawed, as it is based on a report from NSS Labs which was less than impressive, and apparently heavily manipulated.
I'm sure I could go on.
But if anyone wants to "get the facts" on browsers, they should stay well clear of Microsoft.
Update: Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts STRAIGHT
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About this article
| Published in | A Journal from Behind the Trenches |
|---|---|
| Date | June 18, 2009 |
| Author | Haavard |
| Tags | ie8, pr, lies, propaganda, microsoft, browsers |
| Original | Internet Archive |
Tenno SeremelThursday, June 18, 2009 4:16:31 PM
Brian HuismanThursday, June 18, 2009 4:52:48 PM
Charles SchlossThursday, June 18, 2009 5:26:50 PM
What ever happened to this: http://web.archive.org/web/19980120111509/www.microsoft.com/mscorp/
"with a strong commitment to Internet- related technologies that expand the power and reach of the PC and its users"
Originally posted by GreyWyvern:
And will never evolve our softwareOriginally posted by Haruka aka Seremel:
If what is written here is right then they did not make it they just bought it
Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts STRAIGHT is really funny
Tenno SeremelThursday, June 18, 2009 6:41:10 PM
Charles SchlossThursday, June 18, 2009 9:47:00 PM
Tenno SeremelFriday, June 19, 2009 8:10:10 AM
As for “a lot of apps written for Windows” — if they are not made by Microsoft it doesn't really matter. Well, it does for them monopoly-wise, but it's a bit of a different problem.
BabyliFriday, August 7, 2009 9:35:32 PM