__/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Wednesday 20 September 2006 01:35 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Tuesday 19 September 2006 23:40 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> | Robbins left Microsoft in January 2006, citing that he could not fully
>>>> | use his technical expertise while working for the software company.
>>>
>>> Wasn't that the whole point. Get the FOSS leading lights and put them in
>>> a dark corner where they can do as little damage to the monopoly as
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> He has seen M$ source code now so I guess he is tainted, and they say the
>>> GPL is viral.
>>
>> Could this relate to their open hand to XenSource and Mozilla? For all I
>> know, these companies now concentrate on Windows rather than fix bugs for
>> "those other platforms". It's just a premature accusation, I must
>> stress...
>>
> Quite premature. I guess the whole point about getting these people on
> board as free beta testers is so they can take names for a future FOSS
> brain drain.
They did the same with Napoleon (exile).
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