>>Do we need MSFT permission to send, publish, or make comparative articles
>>(even payed ones) or development success stories?
>
>Let's pretend for a moment that you don't. Where would these articles be published? What would your target audience be?

I just want to know if the permission is required. If not, I'd try to target corporative audiences (Intelligent enterprise/Oracle Magazine, and so on).

Even if the articles are not published, I could use them in the internal/external sales proccess, sure.