Microsoft attacks open-source communities in Linux

PHPChina news: On the morning of July 15, September 10, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft recently launched a massive attack and distorted Linux in a training material, which annoyed the Linux community.

At present, Microsoft is training employees of Best Buy, an electronic product chain store, on how to sell Windows 7, which will be available soon. Linux experts said that Microsoft targets Linux everywhere in training materials, so it does not hesitate to attack Linux with lies and mislead consumers.

Microsoft said in training materials: Linux supports many common applications and online services, such as iTunes, Zune, Quicken, Photoshop, and Office 2007. Microsoft also said that Linux is more secure than Windows.

In this regard, some Linux experts said that Microsoft is brainwashing for the employees of Best Buy, and then asking them to mislead the public. In fact, Linux has a vast majority of Functions of Windows 7, which is more stable than Windows 7 and at a low price. Linux is better at security.

Christopher Lemire, a computer programmer, said: this is a common tactic of Microsoft, but this time it was too much to attack Linux. For a long time, Microsoft has been constantly changing its means. This is completely lie and misleading.

Lemeier also said: in fact, many features of Microsoft products are based on apple or Linux products, such as the browser's multi-tag browsing function, which was first launched by Firefox and Safari.

Some open-source software enthusiasts said: Do not trust Microsoft, Windows can do things, Linux can do all. Except for one thing, Linux is not prone to viruses.

Another Linux developer said: the Linux era is approaching, and Microsoft wants to stop it all. Most of the training materials are advocating Windows 7, but one thing is that Windows is indeed easier to manage than Linux.

In this regard, Microsoft said: we have been working with partners to help them prepare to sell our products in the competitive market. This document is just one of the many materials we provide to our retail partners to introduce sales staff to the differences between Windows and Linux.