by Matt Asay

A tale of two companies (is one lying?)

analysis
May 24, 20071 min

Mike Dutton, a good friend and co-founder of OSBC, was reading one of my blog entries and found this hilarious discrepancy: So, on the left you have E*Trade declaring that Linux has driven huge value for it. On the right, in an advertisement, you have Microsoft claiming almost the exact opposite. Who's lying? Well, I'd trust the customer every time, but I'd be interested to hear how Microsoft comes up with its d

Mike Dutton, a good friend and co-founder of OSBC, was reading one of my blog entries and found this hilarious discrepancy:

Linux vs Windows

So, on the left you have E*Trade declaring that Linux has driven huge value for it. On the right, in an advertisement, you have Microsoft claiming almost the exact opposite.

Who’s lying? Well, I’d trust the customer every time, but I’d be interested to hear how Microsoft comes up with its data….