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В кластер входят документы, описывающие прямую конкуренцию, юридическую защиту или недобросовестную маркетинговую борьбу между Linux и Microsoft.
Общие признаки: конкуренция между Linux и Windows, критика маркетинговых тактик Microsoft, защита экосистемы Linux, соперничество открытого и проприетарного ПО
Группа выше: Linux против Windows: сравнение и доля рынка
Смысл: The text exposes a leaked Microsoft training presentation that instructs sales representatives to lie about Linux's shortcomings to promote Windows 7, illustrating the company's use of deceptive marketing tactics.
Leaked Microsoft slides reveal a strategy to train retail sellers to deceive customers about Linux's limitations to favor Windows 7.
Смысл: The text exposes alleged deceptive practices by Microsoft in training retail employees to unfairly disparage Linux and promote Windows 7 through misinformation.
A Best Buy employee's account reveals that Microsoft training programs use falsehoods about Linux to push Windows 7 sales.
Смысл: The text recounts a humorous anecdote where Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, was jokingly taken to a Windows 7 sales booth by colleagues, where he politely declined to buy the software.
Linus Torvalds was jokingly taken to a Windows 7 sales booth during a Linux symposium in Japan, where he posed for photos but declined to buy the OS.
Смысл: The text is an interview with Jim Zemlin, explaining the mission of the newly formed Linux Foundation to protect the Linux ecosystem legally and strategically against proprietary competitors like Microsoft, while leveraging open-source collaboration to grow its market share.
Jim Zemlin explains that the Linux Foundation focuses on providing legal and financial protection for Linux developers to compete effectively against Microsoft.