Microsoft has launched a marketing assault on Linux, in a sign that the open-source solution may be a mounting threat to the company's server system sales.
The Redmond, Wash.-based company on Monday kicked off a global ad campaign in the United States that directs information technology managers to "get the facts" about Linux before buying anything but Windows. The company is running print and online ads in major technology publications such as Computer World, Information World, Network World and CNET Networks, publisher of News.com, for about 18 months.
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