[KLUG Advocacy] M$ at Linuxworld?

Adam Williams advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
12 Aug 2002 06:57:51 -0400


>Yes, Microsoft has its first booth ever at the LinuxWorld Conference 
>and Expo computer industry show that opens in San Francisco on Monday!
>   http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/technology/10LINU.html
>   (free subscription required)
>The article says that M$ workers will not be wearing flak vests, 
>but will the booth will be enclosed in inch thick glass?  :-)
>Does M$ really think they will get more sales from this booth?
>Or have they finally given in and accepted open source?  (nah! :)

M$ has been at Linux conferences before;  but only in the capacity of
passing out FUD flyers.  Now thay have the room to put a FUD banner.