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Linux Pre-Installation Is GrowingGaël Duval Tells Why Mandrake Linux Is Better Than MS WindowsMicrosoft PR Does Not Refute Mandrake Linux Better Than WindowsMike Angelo -- 11 July 2003 (C) -- Page 1
Microsoft, through its PR agency Waggener Edstrom, was afforded an opportunity to refute those statements that Mandrake Linux is a better desktop solution than is MS Windows. Microsoft has failed to refute those statements. The Mandrake Linux v MS Windows ChallengeInstead, Microsoft elected to respond with some non-responsive, PR-speak, humbug. In so doing, Microsoft has failed to refute the statements to the effect that Mandrake Linux is a better desktop solution than is MS Windows. Therefore, we consider Microsoft effectively to have admitted, by omission and default, that Mandrake Linux is a better desktop solution than is MS Windows -- especially when it is pre-installed on a PC computer. On the other hand, Mandrake founder, Gaël Duval, has no problem telling MozillaQuest Magazine why Mandrake Linux is better than Microsoft Windows. You really have to love the simple, candid honesty of this man, Gaël Duval. He tells it the way it is. Simply put, you can boil Gaël Duval's statements down to Mandrake Linux is less expensive, more stable, and has more and better software included with the OS distribution than does MS Windows. Moreover, Mandrake Linux is virus-free. For as little as $39 you have a complete OS and software package with which you can do just about anything you need to do -- including office productivity tasks.
In sharp contrast to Microsoft Greed, if you buy merely one $39 edition of Mandrake Linux 9.1 you may install it on as many computers as you like -- with no additional charges from Mandrake. Moreover, Mandrake Linux does not require any product activation nonsense nor does it require product registration, which is 100% optional with Mandrake Linux. Please see the Microsoft Product Activation Note in the sidebar. If there were no other reason to chose a GNU/Linux OS distribution over MS Windows XP, not having to put up with the Microsoft product activation mechanism would be more than reason enough to chose GNU/Linux! Microsoft's ResponseHere is the operative text of our request for a response from Microsoft:
Here is Microsoft spokesperson, Tara Gregory's, evasive response to our statements.
While this statement seems to address Microsoft's position as to HP's announcement that HP will now offer computers with either MS Windows or Mandrake Linux pre-installed, it does not respond to the question of whether "a Mandrake Linux 9.1 computer system is as good as, if not better than, an MS-Windows-based system"." It merely recites that Windows XP Pro/Home provides a rich PC experience and has value in productivity, security, compatibility, overall ease of use.
Moreover, when Microsoft's response is analyzed, it clearly is mostly FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) -- more about that later in this article. Additionally, Microsoft did not answer any questions about its FUD, evasive statements, and un-supported claims. Please see Parsing Microsoft's FUD-Filled Response at the end of this article on page 3 for an in-depth parsing and analysis of Microsoft's response. Mandrake Linux 9.1 is an easy-to-install and easy-to-use GNU/Linux operating system distribution. We have not completed our Mandrake Linux 9.1 testing yet. However so far, it seems to be even better than Mandrake Linux 9.0, which we gave very high marks.
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