Just loaded a story on Linux.com and the banner add was one of these Microsoft fake newspaper adds, this smear campaign is awful, read on...
2 years, 1 month ago.
14 comments so far
It was a Google ad and a full flash one at that. An animated thing, this fake newspaper the "Highly Reliable Times" front page headline "State government decides Linux is too big a risk" aaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arrrgghghghhhghghgh!!!! The "Highly Bullshit Times" more like. Why don't they spend some of that money on making a usable OS instead of constant campaigns slagging Linux off.
On Linux.com??!! That was what got me. I suppose they just take whatever ads Google insert on the page, I forgot to get a screenshot as I was too busy being angry and now the add has changed. It must be random
Basically yeah, anything to deflect some of the attention away from how crap their own software is. I shouldn't let it bother me as if anything it proves how desperate they are, 5 years ago they didn't acknowledge Linux existed. At least now they are scared.
You can run but you can't hide MS, the penguins are coming for you :)
Yes it is very sad and I don't blame them either because for people who don't anything about it the very faint possibility of any legal problems is enough to scare them off. It's a protection racket by Microsoft, pure and simple.
"Give me some money for protection because otherwise you never know what may happen" they're just gangsters
I do block some ads by using NoScripts to control what Javascript I allow for site but I'm not worried about blocking all of them.
The things that annoys me is this, I don't use Google Ads but if I did and I had Linux as one of my keywords my own site would be showing these bloody MS adverts right now. Having no knowledge of how Google Ads works for the site admin is there some way I could say I didn't want any ads from Microsoft easily without blocking the whole Linux category? Does anyone know?
That's what I was afraid of, surely Google should do something about this as misrepresentation but I don't suppose they can. If they take Microsoft's money then they have to deliver the ads :(
Exactly they are supposed to be but as I am always saying only one thing matters to all these companies and that's the bottom line. They will take anyone's money, no questions asked. I wonder if they'd take ads for MSN search though? That's an interesting one
14 comments so far
It was a Google ad and a full flash one at that. An animated thing, this fake newspaper the "Highly Reliable Times" front page headline "State government decides Linux is too big a risk" aaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
Arrrgghghghhhghghgh!!!! The "Highly Bullshit Times" more like. Why don't they spend some of that money on making a usable OS instead of constant campaigns slagging Linux off.
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
Bastards!
2 years, 1 month ago by AusiMik
On Linux.com??!! That was what got me. I suppose they just take whatever ads Google insert on the page, I forgot to get a screenshot as I was too busy being angry and now the add has changed. It must be random
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
Windows sucks! That's why they have to slag off Linux.
2 years, 1 month ago by leighton
Basically yeah, anything to deflect some of the attention away from how crap their own software is. I shouldn't let it bother me as if anything it proves how desperate they are, 5 years ago they didn't acknowledge Linux existed. At least now they are scared.
You can run but you can't hide MS, the penguins are coming for you :)
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
Yes it is very sad and I don't blame them either because for people who don't anything about it the very faint possibility of any legal problems is enough to scare them off. It's a protection racket by Microsoft, pure and simple.
"Give me some money for protection because otherwise you never know what may happen" they're just gangsters
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
Yup! I had that happen several times in the last few days...
2 years, 1 month ago by fabsh
At least we have a screenshot. Just submitted your story for the podcast, Dan. ;)
2 years, 1 month ago by fabsh
I do block some ads by using NoScripts to control what Javascript I allow for site but I'm not worried about blocking all of them.
The things that annoys me is this, I don't use Google Ads but if I did and I had Linux as one of my keywords my own site would be showing these bloody MS adverts right now. Having no knowledge of how Google Ads works for the site admin is there some way I could say I didn't want any ads from Microsoft easily without blocking the whole Linux category? Does anyone know?
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
That's what I was afraid of, surely Google should do something about this as misrepresentation but I don't suppose they can. If they take Microsoft's money then they have to deliver the ads :(
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
As if Google needs Microsoft's money! The are arch-enemies for god's sake!!
2 years, 1 month ago by fabsh
Exactly they are supposed to be but as I am always saying only one thing matters to all these companies and that's the bottom line. They will take anyone's money, no questions asked. I wonder if they'd take ads for MSN search though? That's an interesting one
2 years, 1 month ago by dantheman
I worked out a very good analogy to Microsoft & Google over the weekend. You will hear it on the next LO episode....
2 years, 1 month ago by fabsh