Comments on: Microsoft giving free acer ferrari notebooks to bloggers http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bhavin http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-143233 Bhavin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:28:53 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-143233 Makes the .NET Software run faster Makes the .NET Software run faster

]]> By: jkjkjkjk http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-69000 jkjkjkjk Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:05:39 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-69000 what website do you go on to do a blog for vista what website do you go on to do a blog for vista

]]> By: nixcraft http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-49291 nixcraft Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:03:52 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-49291 Luke, You have raised some excellent points. Some bloggers are not tech-savvy but they received PC. Out of 90 bloggers only 16-17 people acknowledged gift others will simply write review. Luke,

You have raised some excellent points. Some bloggers are not tech-savvy but they received PC. Out of 90 bloggers only 16-17 people acknowledged gift others will simply write review.

]]> By: Luke http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-49285 Luke Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:44:57 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-giving-free-acer-ferrari-notebooks-to-bloggers.html#comment-49285 Here is the thing though - MS is not going to offer the notebook to anyone who would actually do a 100% honest and truthful review trashing Vista when and where it deserves it, and then follow it up with a second post titled: "HOWTO uninstall vista and install Linux on the Microsoft Ferrari laptop" just to spite them. People who do get these laptops are hand picked "Microsoft friendly", or neutral bloggers who might be swayed to write a positive review by a nice free present. No blogger who would actually want to do a side-by-side comparison with linux or OS X would be given one. Same goes with people who openly support open source, or who post dual-boot howtos. The way I see it, there is no such thing as blogger integrity when it comes to software. Software is like religion - everyone either has one, or has an opinion about existing ones. Every blogger is biassed. Some bloggers believe in Open Source, some trully believe in MS monoculture. Others are shills who will praise whomever pays their bills. And the few people who really try to be neutral are may still be biased because of their views on standards, monopoly, drm, copyright, vendor lock-in and etc... So, I would essentially categorize all the bloggers who received a free Laptop from MS into 4 groups: 1. Convicted Microsoft Friendly Blogger 2. Convicted Shill 3. Proven non-controversial tech blogger who will probably give a positive review upon receiving a gift 4. "Proffesional" reviewer who will try to give a fair-and-ballanced review by reading 40-50 existing "neutral" vista reviews and then reiterating the sentiments found there, so that his review adheres to a the established standard doesn't stand out that much It would be to risky for them to give laptops to anyone else. :P Here is the thing though – MS is not going to offer the notebook to anyone who would actually do a 100% honest and truthful review trashing Vista when and where it deserves it, and then follow it up with a second post titled: “HOWTO uninstall vista and install Linux on the Microsoft Ferrari laptop” just to spite them.

People who do get these laptops are hand picked “Microsoft friendly”, or neutral bloggers who might be swayed to write a positive review by a nice free present.

No blogger who would actually want to do a side-by-side comparison with linux or OS X would be given one. Same goes with people who openly support open source, or who post dual-boot howtos.

The way I see it, there is no such thing as blogger integrity when it comes to software. Software is like religion – everyone either has one, or has an opinion about existing ones. Every blogger is biassed. Some bloggers believe in Open Source, some trully believe in MS monoculture. Others are shills who will praise whomever pays their bills. And the few people who really try to be neutral are may still be biased because of their views on standards, monopoly, drm, copyright, vendor lock-in and etc…

So, I would essentially categorize all the bloggers who received a free Laptop from MS into 4 groups:

1. Convicted Microsoft Friendly Blogger
2. Convicted Shill
3. Proven non-controversial tech blogger who will probably give a positive review upon receiving a gift
4. “Proffesional” reviewer who will try to give a fair-and-ballanced review by reading 40-50 existing “neutral” vista reviews and then reiterating the sentiments found there, so that his review adheres to a the established standard doesn’t stand out that much

It would be to risky for them to give laptops to anyone else. :P

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