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| DATE | 2003-02-12 |
| FROM | Dave Williams
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.
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Sorry Mr. Klein, but Bruce Perens is also listed as a Senior Research
Scientist for the CSPRI:
http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu/people.php
I don't know what that involves exactly, but this particular institute
seems to have goals of its own, somehow affiliating itself both with
George Washington University and the Federal Government.
Mr. Stanco claims that both Microsoft and the Feds pressured him into
including presentations by Matusow and the "Software Choice" people.
That implies to me that the conference was originally supposed to be
promotion, discussion, and yes advocacy of Open Source Software in
Regional and European governments. What's the popular abbreviation --
IANAL. I am not a lawyer, but I read pretty good.
In fact, the reactions I'm seeing are kind of heartwarming. Say what
you want about programmers and engineers, but they tend to be a pretty
logical detail-oriented bunch. That may be the only thing keeping Free
Software from being easily subverted.
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 03:21, Stanley A. Klein wrote:
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> Bruce Perens is a member of the conference committee listed on their web
> page, and he was one of the panelists who debated the Microsoft shills at
> the last conference.
>
> This time he is listed in a different group of speakers than the speaker
> from Microsoft. My guess is that the relevant panel will at least include
> the Microsoft speaker and Michael Tiemann of Red Hat.
>
>
> Stan Klein
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