[KLUG Advocacy] M$ at it again?

[Bruce Smith]

Nice to see that M$ has learned it's lesson and isn't using it's
monopoly power to hurt competition any longer.  NOT!!!

Michael Robertson Of Lindows writes the following in a newsletter:

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"I recently spent some time with a major hardware vendor who talked with
excitement about the savings that Linux can bring as they build more
affordable computing devices. This company is a big believer in Linux,
but they sheepishly confessed that they weren't yet a sponsor of the
Desktop Linux Summit (Feb 20-21st, 2003 in San Diego). They explained to
me that  Microsoft had called them up and told them not to lend their
support to this event and discouraged them from attending. At first, I
was aghast that Microsoft employees would be spending their time
disinviting companies from attending the Summit. But then it got me
thinking that it actually was a good indicator. If Linux wasn't ready
for the desktop, then MS would be happy to have people spend 2 days in
sunny San Diego because they would witness first hand the state of
desktop Linux."
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The entire newsletter/article is here:

http://www.lindows.com/lindows_michaelsminutes_archives.php?id=46

  - BS