Microsoft rigs a ZDNet poll

griffinn · 10th January 2002, 02:47

First they solicited support from dead people, and now they're caught pretty much red-handed rigging a poll --

In a ZDNet poll on .NET vs. Java, Java was leading all the way up until December 24, but Microsoft apparently descended on the poll over the Christmas and New Year holidays to make a dramatic comeback for .NET.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2102244,00.html

The most amusing bit: Microsoft was apparently betrayed by MS Outlook/Exchange, which passes e-mail subject info and usernames to web servers when a hyperlink in an e-mail is followed.

Rocker · 10th January 2002, 03:10

hahaha

you gotta remember that there's thousands and thousands of people working for MS

i don't think bill would have approved of this(if he knew)

griffinn · 26th January 2002, 07:50

Telstra, the 51% government-owned nationwide telecom and Internet service provider, has been caught pulling a Microsoft.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/com...0263157,00.htm

The story is similar -- A ZDNet poll asks, "Does Telstra's Bigpond Internet service provide value for money?" Initial results were many no's against very few yes's. Then a massive slant towards yes's suddenly ensued. These yes-voters apparently all swamped in from the same IP address, from within Telstra. And they did it not once, but twice.

Why don't they ever learn anything?

eleet-2k2 · 26th January 2002, 14:03

They are too ignorant and think they can get away with anything.

henry3k56 · 26th January 2002, 15:43

I heard the news like 2 weeks ago, when we started out the new year.

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griffinn Court Jester (Forum King) Join Date: May 2000 Location: Your local toystore Posts: 3,501	Telstra, the 51% government-owned nationwide telecom and Internet service provider, has been caught pulling a Microsoft. http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/com...0263157,00.htm The story is similar -- A ZDNet poll asks, "Does Telstra's Bigpond Internet service provide value for money?" Initial results were many no's against very few yes's. Then a massive slant towards yes's suddenly ensued. These yes-voters apparently all swamped in from the same IP address, from within Telstra. And they did it not once, but twice. Why don't they ever learn anything? The smiley slot machine! \| Quotable Blog

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eleet-2k2 Forum King Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Mobil Ave. Posts: 5,381	They are too ignorant and think they can get away with anything. "Welcome to the Island of people who know too much."..."Did you really think balloons would stop him?!" See what I'm listening too.

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henry3k56 Forum King Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Internet Posts: 3 Trillion Posts: 4,241	I heard the news like 2 weeks ago, when we started out the new year. henry3k56 \| Summer is here. My Flickr Page & Frontierra \| Posting Since September 2001.

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10th January 2002, 03:10	#2
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	hahaha you gotta remember that there's thousands and thousands of people working for MS i don't think bill would have approved of this(if he knew)