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Is Microsoft threatened by Drupal?

I came across this article in on http://news.rapidwatersdev.com today which has a filter to pull Drupal items out of Digg.com - I'm found it interesting, though maybe hype, but was interested to see if the community found any merit here...

http://mridul.co.in/Aviyalism/Microsoft-thinks-Drupal-is-a-greater-threa...

The Listology.com link that is referenced in the article above, but fails to actually link to is:
http://listology.com/jwalling/list/1000-drupal-web-sites-case-studies

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Interesting - related:
Microsoft apologizes to Drupal community...for competing

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Mon, 12/14/2009 - 23:23 — catch (not verified)

I thin it's more likely that

I thin it's more likely that they're also buying ads with Joomla, Wordpress and similar keywords.

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 23:24 — catch (not verified)

Forgot to add - negative ads

Forgot to add - negative ads by people I don't like are also the only ones I click on - that's the one good thing about pay per click.

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 10:55 — greggles (not verified)

See also

See also http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregglesworth/4188002142/

They're advertising on both sides of this one.

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 14:07 — Robert Douglass (not verified)

Acquia and Microsoft have

Acquia and Microsoft have partnered to offer Drupal via their MS Web Platform. www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/AcquiaDrupal.as px

This has resulted in over 53,000 downloads, reaching an audience that is mostly new to Drupal.

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 15:13 — sirkitree

This is probably the ad that

This is probably the ad that greggles pointed out above.

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 15:15 — heyrocker

Listology is my site (it is

Listology is my site (it is itself a Drupal site) and I've never seen this ad there before. I also talked with the person whose list this is (he is a local Drupaler and has several lists on the site) and he has never seen this ad either. I know that sometimes companies do small ad buys to test new ads, but I still suspect this is a hoax.

Tue, 12/15/2009 - 15:17 — sirkitree

It would seem so, as I've nto

It would seem so, as I've nto been able to get this ad either in my testing. As I found the article through Digg, it may have simply been a ploy for hits - in which it seems I've been suckered into helping propagate :(

Thu, 12/17/2009 - 06:31 — Mridul (not verified)

I wrote the article. It is

I wrote the article. It is not a ploy. Google adsense places ads randomly. Doing a refresh most likely changes the ad. So you may not see the same ad always. Also check the apology from Microsoft. They accept the presence of Ads.