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| DATE | 2003-02-09 |
| FROM | From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Claus_S=F8rensen?=
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Marketing] Re: [hangout] Re: Open Source for National and Local
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > It should not be up to us to exclude Microsoft as Microsoft is then seen
> > as the good guy. It is a matter of us continuously setting the stage such
> > that Microsoft eventually recognizes it harms their message to show up.
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> It is up to us, and their is no reason for MS to be on this panel.
> They simply don't qualify. If this was another company with the
> same tract record, they would be excluded without thought.
Here in Denmark we had an Open Source Conference held by the ministry of
science.
At the panel was several people including a representive of the Danish
Free Software/Open Source community and CEO of Microsoft Denmark. The CEO
"lost" in answering the questions (will MS's XML formats be open? will MS
exchange support an XML format for office suites which MS don't control
etc.).
Most of the questions people will ask Microsoft at such a panel Microsoft
must give a negative answer - and negative answers is not good.
And if you're preparing questions to an Microsoft representive in an open
debate be sure that he can only give a negative answer.
The most enjoyable greetings
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Claus Sørensen Befri kontoret med en åben pakke - OpenOffice.org
Dansk kontaktperson -------------------------------------------------
cs-at-openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Onsdag - ugentlig dansk nyhedsbrev
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