[/.] MS Launches New “Get the Facts” Campaign

Get the Facts is an attempt to promote Internet Explorer 8. It contains a chart that compares IE8 to Firefox and Chrome. Needless to say, IE 8 comes out as the clear winner, with MS suggesting it is the only browser to provide features like ‘privacy,’ ’security,’ ‘reliability.’ It even claims to have Firefox beat in ‘customizability.

YIKES.

Some comments worth mentioning:

“Actually, the ‘customizability’ advantage comes from the fact that IE can be quickly customized by third parties, online, in real time and without even needing to notify you.” -Thanshin

“You know what’s not nice? Having to write in my freaking javascript if(IE){ do tons of fucked up shit } else { everybody else’s predictable behavior }. You know what else isn’t nice? The scourge of websites that will forever taint the web because you couldn’t get your shit together for IE6 and then you let it fester for years.” -eldavojohn

“They’re using the definition of fact that says: “fact : a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference ” The catch is, it’s biased people at MS who “accept it as true” on the “basis for [inherently flawwed] argument or inference” Microsoft is becoming infamous for these bogus get the “facts” campaigns, which are really marketing attempts to use Microsoft’s truth to distort common belief, replacing the facts with MS’ contrived point of view.” -mysidia (so true, reference MS’s PC campaign)