"Fox readers slam pro-Microsoft column"
A follow up from the previous story, ""Open Debate About OpenDocument" - Fox News readers comment on OpenDocument criticism", is other media picking up the story. Techworld comments on how the original article was written by a Microsoft sponsored organisation:
"Several of the letters accuse Microsoft of trying to promote its own interests by presenting Prendergast, writing for a Microsoft-linked organisation, as an unbiased observer. This practice is known as "astroturfing," defined as a formal public relations campaign that tries to mask itself as a spontaneous, grassroots reaction to an event or opinion."
http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4580&inkc=0
Previous story:
http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/2005/10/open-debate-about-opendocument-fox.html
