[100426] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Linux and Microsoft - honesty vs. ... you'll see ;-((
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Pettit)
Fri Nov 20 13:24:01 1998
Reply-To: <paulp@ccbnpts.com>
From: "Paul Pettit" <paulp@ccbnpts.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Cc: <'tcat@usa.net'>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:18:46 -0600
In-Reply-To: <199811162215.RAA24834@camel14.mindspring.com>
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> Sven N. Thommesen [mailto:sthomme@aub.mindspring.com] wrote:
> >
> >Only someone living near Redmond could think that.
>
> And how upset is he entitled to be over the fact that MS no
> longer wants to
> give his group a freebie? No rule that I know of that says
> companies have
> to loan out their facilites for free.
>
> Other than that, I second Ramon's comment.
>
Oh, come on!
The whole idea of 'support' to organizations is giving something for
nothing.
Haven't you heard of the BSA (Boy Scouts of America)? Without support from
outside entities they would go nowhere, and a free meeting area is one of
those things.
Just because this person went around with 'blinders on' about MS and how
benevolent (gag) they were. Doesn't mean you should slap him with "you
should have known"'s and berate him for whining about "freebies" that he
got. The free meeting area for the NPA is not the subject.
We should welcome him and be glad that once again MS has shown it's true
colors that create more enemies than supporters.
Welcome to the Linux community Tcat!
Paul Pettit | Opinions and advice expressed are from me
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be: "meetings." -- Dave Berry
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