The Microsoft article reads like a corporate press release. The original link contained additional pertinent information and research which is good for discussion.
The principles here are clear: we prefer the best third-party article to corporate press releases*, but at the same time we don't want blogspam (i.e. ripoffs that don't add anything interesting).
The Microsoft article reads like a corporate press release. The original link contained additional pertinent information and research which is good for discussion.