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Re: [News] Microsoft UK: Buying from Microsoft for Patriotism?

  • Subject: Re: [News] Microsoft UK: Buying from Microsoft for Patriotism?
  • From: William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:35:28 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: The Orbiting Anvil & Spamhammer Company
  • Os: Kubuntu 1.10 - Edgy Eft
  • References: <9256033.CADHCEN4So@schestowitz.com>
  • User-agent: pan 0.118 (debian)
  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:465222
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:22:37 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Buy Microsoft, it's your patriotic duty
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | That seemed to be the message at the London launch of Microsoft Vista,
> | Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 on 30 November 2006. Gordon Frazer,
> | Microsoft's UK managing director, devoted most his opening speech to
> | a gallimaufry of statistics and quotations intended to show that
> | buying these new offerings would somehow make Britain more competitive.
> `----
> 
> http://www.it-director.com/enterprise/other/content.php?cid=9038&amp;ref=fd_itd

Utter BS of course. I'm using Kubuntu from Canonical Ltd, which is based
in the IOM, & is a darn sight more British than M$ is. :-)

-- 
When I hear of a long time smoker dying of lung cancer 
I think "That's too bad, but they made their choices". 
When I hear about companies getting screwed by Microsoft, 
I think the same thing. 

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