I don't know why microsoft is even bothering; they know, and I know, they're gonna lose their case. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <showell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:24 PM Subject: [wb8foz at nrk.com: [dclug] while Rome burns, we squabble over what color the flames are...] > Folks, I just had to share this with you. This is so amazingly funny. I > also had to tell you guys that I had a conversation with an adaptive > solutions vendor (no names) who stated "come on, we both know that Linux > is a toy." I just couldn't think of anything polite to say in response, > but I think I'll sit down and write him an E-mail and point out that in > fact Linux is not just a toy, but a tool. You can have fun, learn, be > productive, and much much more. > So, enjoy this bit my friends. Lets thank people like Kirk and all of > the Speakup community who have contributed so much to the open source > world and made such a great os accessible. I believe its just the > beginning. > > > X-URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60050-2002May22?language=printer > > Microsoft Fights Free Software at Pentagon > > By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 23, > 2002; Page E1 > > Microsoft Corp. is aggressively lobbying the Pentagon to squelch > its growing use of freely distributed computer software and switch > to proprietary systems such as those sold by the software giant, > according to officials familiar with the campaign. > > In what one military source called a "barrage" of contacts with > officials at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the office > of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld over the past few months, > the company said "open source" software threatens security and > its intellectual property. > > ..... > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
