Other than a marketing blitz, Microsoft engages in confusing marketing slogans (“Free the People”).

Projects like the Tux Project and the Radio Talkshow Blitz are vitally important projects when it comes to helping the Free Software movement grow.

Google is working with three major IT consulting firms to launch an open source software blitz in Australia

Canonical is preparing an Ubuntu Server blitz at LinuxWorld Expo in August. Alfresco, IBM, Openbravo, Zimbra and others are expected to rally around Ubuntu Server at the conference, The VAR Guy learned during meetings at OSCON. Here’s the scoop, and the implications for Ubuntu partners.

"It seems 44 percent of the businesses are scared to migrate to MS Vista. - And consider deploying GNU/Linux instead. Can we conclude that the Redmond based giant started the biggest marketing campaign for GNU/Linux? Get the facts here."

"Today's Ypulse Guest Post is from Cameron Parkins of Creative Commons, a very cool non-profit org that provides free copyright licenses to content owners. Cameron spoke a while back at our College Mashup event and I thought I'd reach out to see his more recent thoughts on campus marketing. If you work in youth media or marketing and have an idea for a Ypulse Guest Post, feel free to email me..."

I’ve always wondered why there has yet to be a Linux distribution that has ventured into a big time marketing campaign for its Linux product. With Mac OSX stealing a lot of Microsoft’s market share due to a great marketing campaign with the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” television commercials, why have we yet to see any Linux commercials?

Novell markets Microsoft software along with its own and Novell's CMO talks about experimentation with viral marketing

A Microsoft product manager couldn't correctly explain the "Vista Capable" marketing slogan, according to recent filings in a lawsuit that claims the company misled consumers with a prerelease Vista campaign last year.