[ale] Microsoft Found Guilty of Misleading Advertising

[jdr at xcorps.net (Jonathan Rickman)]

> Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, @08:16AM from the 
> everybody-play-nicely dept.
> gtoomey writes "The UK Advertising Standards Authority has 
> upheld complaints that Microsoft misled consumers by running 
> advertisements claiming Linux is 10 times more expensive than 
> Windows. The print advertisements used "independent research" 
> to compare the cost of Linux on an expensive mainframe to 
> Windows on a PC."


I saw that ad in eWeek and raised my eyebrows. I almost thought it was a
spoof at first. It really is that obviously skewed. MS should be taken to
task on this one, but any consumers who were "misled" by that ad need to get
a clue.

--
Jonathan