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| DATE | 2003-02-16 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [fairuse] Re: [Marketing] Re: Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU
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I generally agree with you, although I think the target of a protest is
less MS and more the organizers of the event.
i think we've reached a point where we need to force the organizers
of such events to think if a company like Microsoft is actaully making
a contribution to the community and our events, and stop giving them a free
pass to disrupt the communities efforts to position itself as a competitor of Microsoft.
Ruben
On 2003.02.16 19:21 Christian Einfeldt wrote:
>
> Ruben,
>
> Although I share your belief that MS should not be at that conference, the
> momentum definitely appears to be on the side of open source in general, and
> Open Office and Linux in specific.
>
> I believe that the open source movement is democratic enough to include a wide
> range of opinions, including a demonstration, if you feel that is the best
> remedy to MS's inclusion in the conference. I don't think that I personally
> would join such a protest, simply because time is so limited, and in this
> particular instance, I don't think that the open source/ free software
> movement is going to get shafted badly enough by MS's presence to warrant a
> protest.
>
> I also agree with you that it would be nice for some voice to be heard clearly
> articulating the view that MS is NOT open anything. I'm a newbie, I can
> basically only use pull down menus (I use SuSE Linux), so I don't really know
> what the best way would be for your voice to be heard. If you decide to
> protest, I would try to coordinate your efforts with those inside the
> conference. MS is basically going to be like a bad fart in a crowded room,
> and everyone inside the conference is going to know who cut the cheese, and
> they will all attempt to move away from the stinker.
>
> So, if we can't keep MS out, I personally would probably want to do something
> funny and not too disruptive to protest their presence, such as go in there
> with big fake clown cloths pins taped to my nose and a big fake clown aerosol
> can with FART REPELLENT written on the side to mock Microsoft, and PRETEND to
> spray it at them if they have a booth.
>
> Also, during the speeches, I might want to bring a whoopee cushion and get
> seat right down front so that whenever someone from MS speaks, you can have
> your whoopee cushion inflated and ready to roll out a nice loud farting sound
> by sitting on your whoopee cushion at the most strategic moments. Timing is
> everything!!!!!
>
> Just remember, a little bit of this comedy can go a long way, and too much
> will make it not funny anymore, and will disrupt OUR chance to eat
> Microsoft's lunch!!!!!! Meaning, I think that lots of these governmental
> people are going to be there to just see each other, smile and nod and say,
> yeah, see Bobbie Joe over there is using open source, so it's okay if we use
> it too. Microsoft recently admitted in its SEC quarterly filings that open
> source is going to hurt its biz, so we want to let these conferees get
> together and eat Microsoft's lunch without too much interruption. IMHO.
>
> On Sunday 16 February 2003 09:36, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > In short, Your wrong, and you've missed the point.
> >
> > > We will work to make sure that there's no confusion by attendees.
> > >
> > > In short, I think a protest is a bad idea. Don't do it.
>
>
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