Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ BearItAll on Tuesday 03 July 2007 12:00 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> "Show us the Code" campaign silenced
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The following day at the place of my employment though was an odd one.
>>> | My manager called me into a closed door meeting between myself and him.
>>> | His managers and in fact the CIO of the company I was employed at had it
>>> | brought to their attention that I had an ?anti-microsoft? site. It was
>>> | also brought to my attention the Fortune 1000 company I worked for was
>>> | a direct partner with Microsoft.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>>
> http://showusthecode.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/what-happened-to-show-us-the-code/
>>>
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40729
>>>
>>> So they tried to gag PJ, along with SCO. Now they go for the small guy.
>>> Luckily I have a supportive environment.
>>
>> Hang on a minute, I'm all for free speech but he works for a company that
>> has a partnership with Microsoft. Which means that if his blog is hurting
>> MS then it is hurting his company too.
>>
>> Of cause his company would have to investigate to see exactly what he was up
>> to. I don't think he has anything to moan about.
>
> I was getting the impression that his company was very indirectly related to
> Microsoft (who isn't these days... I mean, it's a large company). Would you
> also say that it's wrong for all Brits to criticise the government? If he does
> this anonymously outside work and Microsoft is not a client of his, then...
>
If there was no linkage between the two, the I would suggest that it is
entirely up to him what he does in his spare time. This is a very good
example of Microsoft bullying individuals, and, indeed, one of the
reasons why unions were formed.
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