Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that

[Ruben I Safir]

I'll suggest it...

It should be boycotted if your presenting Microsoft as a 'Open Souce' 
contributer
for and business contracts.

It SHOULD be boycotted...

Duh


Ruben

On 2003.02.06 17:18 David Sugar wrote:
> 
> I did not specifically suggest this event should be "boycotted" or that I 
> have 
> called for any form of "boycott", so please do not imply this; I mealy stated 
> that I chose to not attend it.  However, I tend to think people of conscious 
> will likely make the same choice and certainly people are free to make up 
> their own minds.
> 
> > I fully agree that the event should be boycotted by GNUe and anyone else
> > that is sick of seeing Free Software slowly being eroded into "Open
> > Source" software and further watered down to "Shared Source" software,
> > that negates the whole purpose of being of Free Software to begin with.
> >
> > It is a shame as the conference is a good idea, but sadly I think poor
> > judgement is being exercised. :(
> >
> > -derek
> >
> >
> >
> >
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