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| DATE | 2003-02-07 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Communication is the way - not boycutting
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Your not going to get a chance to counter the claims by MS, and in addition,
the problem is more easily taken cared of by not having them. More to the point,
allowing Tony Stnaco to benifit from this tactic is critical. Nobody should be
there OTHER than MS.
Ruben
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 02:28:09PM +0100, Claus Sørensen wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, David Sugar wrote:
>
> > That being said, I personally think the idea of making Microsoft play fair in
> > this manner is a fools errend. When one deals with a bully, one does not do
> > so by expecting good behavior. I think the concern that this event is being
> > used or hijacked specifically to promote before governments the false
> > assumption that "Shared Source" is an ethically and socially valid form of
> > "Open Source", and by extension, as a form of "Free Software" is
> > fundimentally an effort to dilute our values and confuse. Certainly
> > boycotting may be a valid opinion to consider. However, there may be other
> > and perhaps more effective ways to deal with this problem, although I
> > personally have no immediate suggestions to offer.
>
> Consider what will happen if we don't attend.
>
> The Microsoft can say what they want without any one say they are lying -
> Shared Source is not free and open. And then all the government
> representive should be convinced by us afterwards.
>
> Take the dialog - the CEO of Microsoft Denmark losts it a an Open Source
> conference in Denmark - you can see my open letter here:
>
> http://ooo.chbs.dk/english/ms-dk-question.txt
>
> And of course their answer was no.
>
> Send an open letter to you national or regional Microsoft representive.
>
> The most enjoyable greetings
> --
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