What do you expect (Score 1)

That's what marketing is all about. Microsoft can concievably say that their statement about Linux compared to Microsoft is valid. It's basically a lie of omission. They left out the part about paying a whole lot on the computer used to support it. That's the point of a marketing committee, to find creative ways to get people to buy your product or follow your cause. It does come close on the line of ethics but most people will see, hey I will save money by buying from these people, a name that they already know very well.