____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 03 July 2007 13:50 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> "Show us the Code" campaign silenced
>>
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>> | 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.
>
> This story disgusts me.
>
> There is *no* mention of the blogger's RealLife® employer on that site
> at all, in fact AFAICT the whole effort is completely anonymous, so for
> his employer to threaten him because they claim he is representing the
> company, is pure bullshit.
>
> And what exactly is all the fuss about? It's a request for Microsoft to
> stop making unfounded and libellous claims about IP infringement, and
> actually *prove* their claims with evidence.
>
> The fact that this company has some connection with the Beast is
> irrelevant, probably every company in the *world* has *some* sort of
> connection to MS, should that prohibit people from demanding that they
> prove their bogus claims?
>
> Gah! As Ghost says, Welcome to the New World Order.
I was warned in the past that my employer (I have two) might have some
connections with Microsoft, but that was a long time ago. As for Dan of Forbes
(the one mentioned in this blog), he knows me because he linked to
Boycottnovell in one of his recent articles. It appears as though he pretty
much got the boot and got replaced (at least for reports on this topic). The
new guy isn't much better, with phrases like "open-source software as the
geeks call it". He makes it sound like Free software comes from acne-ridden
teenagers.
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~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | Disclaimer: no SCO code used to generate this post
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