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The Weekly Round-Up: 07.08.09
Round-Up But despite the building excitement this week Microsoft had to deal with a bit of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) about Windows 7. When T.S. Eliot wrote "April is the cruellest month" he had clearly never faced the... [07 Aug 2009]
Microsoft spikes controversial anti-Linux ads
News It proved unpopular with the Linux community, who dubbed it "Get the FUD" (fear, uncertainty and doubt). Microsoft has killed off its controversial "Get the Facts" anti-Linux campaign and replaced it with a new message... [28 Aug 2007]
Microsoft 'building open-source cult of fear'
News He said in the interview with Computerworld: "I personally think it's mainly another shot in the FUD [fear, uncertainty and doubt] war. So they'll continue to bundle packages and live off the inertia of the marketplace... [14 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07
Round-Up Responsible business continuity communications or nonsensical FUD - it's such a fine line, isn't it? You see, a press release which landed in the virtual mail sack this week has alerted us to just what a dangerous world... [23 Mar 2007]
'My ERP supplier has been acquired - now what?'
Comment It is not the same as an evolving market where acquisitions are about knocking out a competitive product and approaching the customers of the acquired product with FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt) about the future of... [05 Feb 2007]
Microsoft to pay blogger for Wikipedia 'corrections'?
News On his blog, Jelliffe stated he intended to do some "mythbusting" and did not intend to "add any pro-Microsoft FUD" to Wikipedia. Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay a blogger and standards guru to make changes to... [25 Jan 2007]
Leader: Tis the season to be litigious
Leader No money for Visto but a lot of FUD, a bit of wariness from potential customers - after all, Gartner told people to stop using BlackBerrys for mission critical work as a result of the NTP case - and a signal loud and... [15 Dec 2005]
Risk management: Be afraid
News CIOs should use marketing-style 'fear, uncertainty and doubt' (FUD) tactics to pressurise boards and senior management into properly resourcing and prioritising operational risk management, a veteran CIO claims. [03 Aug 2005]
Leader: Return of the lost laptops
Leader While the loss of laptops containing confidential data can potentially put personal and corporate data at risk, IT security companies using the 'fear, uncertainty, doubt' (FUD) tactics to scare buyers risk crying wolf. [24 Jan 2005]
Ballmer email takes on open source
News We think that Microsoft is trying a new strategy to fight against Linux by spreading much FUD [Fear Uncertainty and Doubt] about Linux strongest points," Duval told silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK. [28 Oct 2004]
Beware the security marchitecture and FUD
News The FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) factor in security is great. Many companies selling security products are guilty of hyping their offerings and scaring customers with problems that are often unfounded, said a panel... [15 Oct 2004]
Analysts defend '3.3 million jobs to go offshore' claim
News A new report by Forrester Research defends the company's controversial assertion that more than three million US jobs will move offshore by 2015 and even raises the estimate of positions at risk in the near future. [18 May 2004]
SCO reveals unlucky Linux users
News Clive Longbottom, service director at analyst house Quocirca, said that he thought the announcement was purely an attempt to "frighten people into paying for a licence.it's the worst kind of FUD from a company that... [03 Mar 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.02.04
Round-Up Although the lamb won't get much sleep, as Woody Allen once quipped.silicon.com would love to hear from anyone who attends the workshop, which starts at 9.00 and breaks at 12:15 for FUD, sorry food. This week, the... [13 Feb 2004]
Quocirca’s Straight Talking... What to expect in 2004
Comment Well, it seems that security is back on the agenda - but woe betide any vendor that goes in with point solutions or with big tales of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) and a message of the customer requiring Fort... [02 Jan 2004]
