Re: Microsoft at LinuxTag

From: Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@ist.org>
Date: Fri Jun 11 2004 - 15:43:48 CEST

* Sebastian Raible <sebastian.raible@linuxforce.de> [2004-05-29 16:14]:
> I personally could not care less about what Microsoft thinks about Linux,
> OpenSource or Free Software.

 On the contrary, you don't want them at the event. Doesn't speak much
for your opinion on Free Speach.

> But having talked to someone yesterday, I now fear there might be some people
> from the community (or maybe thinking they were part of the community and now
> had to fight MS because of evangelism) starting arguments and fights with
> those guys at the Microsoft-booth and making the community look bad again.
> And that would not happen if they were not there.

 So make the victim suffer more? It would lay a much worse light on the
FLOSS community to deny Microsoft a booth at the LinuxTag than to have
them there. I would call that cencorship.

 So long,
Alfie

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