Guest writes “Microsoft Corp. is touting the results of “independent analyses” in its latest effort to show corporate decision-makers the merits of its Windows operating system vs. Linux, its biggest open-source competitor.
The studies were, in fact, performed by well-known, independent research firms such as IDC, Giga Research and Meta Group. But the reports themselves tell the rest of the story: They were conducted “at the request of Microsoft,” “commissioned by Microsoft” or “prepared under contract from Microsoft.”
Microsoft, in other words, paid for the studies to be done.”
Link: seattlepi.nwsource.com
