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| DATE | 2003-02-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.
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From owner-hangout-desteny-at-mrbrklyn.com Thu Feb 13 14:58:18 2003 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id h1DJwH3T011802 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:58:17 -0500 Received: (from mdom-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h1DJwHMv011801 for hangout-desteny; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:58:17 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: mdom set sender to owner-hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id h1DJw93T011788; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:58:09 -0500 Received: (from ruben-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h1DJw8Dn011787; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:58:08 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:58:08 -0500 From: Ruben Safir To: "Stanley A. Klein" Cc: Ruben I Safir , rms-at-gnu.org, ruben-at-rm-cpa.com, jays-at-panix.com, hangout-at-nylxs.com, bkuhn-at-gnu.org, dyfet-at-ostel.com, derek-at-gnue.org, fairuse-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C. Message-ID: <20030213195808.GC11588-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> References: <3.0.5.16.20030209182438.44275b80-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030209060640.39778df4-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030209060640.39778df4-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030209182438.44275b80-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030210055912.4727622c-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030212082135.336f7eb4-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030213061542.451f8306-at-cpcug.org> <3.0.5.16.20030213094559.3aa7eab2-at-cpcug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.16.20030213094559.3aa7eab2-at-cpcug.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Ruben Safir List: New Yorkers Linux Scene Admin: To unsubscribe send unsubscribename-at-domian.com to hangout-request-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com X-Keywords: X-UID: 8085 Status: RO Content-Length: 1519 Lines: 48
> > If you want to sell fairly against M$ in the government market, you have to > beat them on the merits. And one way for your potential customers to judge > the merits is to hear both sides at the same time.
Inviting Microsoft to the panel decreases the ability to see on Merits, not incrweases.
> According to Tony's > "rant" that's what your potential customers have asked for.
I have no faith in Tony, nor do I trust his word. At this point, he's doing everything he can to cover his behind now that it's been exposed.
> M$ is > qualified to be a member of a panel structured to hear both sides because > they are the principal F/OSS competitor.
Not GOOD ENOUGH. It's not a debate.
Which side of the fense are you going to be sitting on, those who promote Free Software or those who promote their own agenda?
Time is ticking Stanly and your going to end up on the wrong side of things.
Ruben
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