hi<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Knaggs</b> <<a href="mailto:peter.knaggs@gmail.com">peter.knaggs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 6/26/07, Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I wish for employees of all firms without exception to be treated equally<br>> well at CABAL meetings held at my house, for pretty much the same reason.
<br><br>I wholehartedly agree with Rick on this.<br></blockquote></div><br>The two of you are certainly both reasonable people and it is often hard to disagree with you on the merits.<br><br>And yet, Microsoft just seems to me to be a very dangerous institution which is highly motivated to disrupt the FOSS community. Am I more or less right there?
<br><br>So while I agree that "us versus them" can lead to pitched symbolic strife that is mostly sound and fury signifying little, at the same time, it seems to me as if Microsoft doesn't tolerate dissent or alternatives. And so it makes me a bit uncomfortable to see Microsoft people at FOSS events. It makes me wonder what Microsoft is up to. i personally believe that Winfred had probably cleared his ability to come to CABAL with his Microsoft supervisors. And I wonder why they gave approval. What is their goal?
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