____/ Linonut on Wednesday 27 February 2008 00:37 : \____
> * Erik Funkenbusch peremptorily fired off this memo:
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>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:04:50 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> My original post was fine. The Microsoft Agent just wants to warp things to
>>> discredit. More explanation here, if the Agent is interested.
>>> http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/26/microsoft-redefines-cross-platform/
>>
>> No, Roy. You lied. Silverlight is cross platform. Microsoft has not
>> re-defined the meaning.
>>
>> Cross platform does not mean "runs on all platforms", it means "runs on
>> more than one platform".
>
> So Microsoft Office is cross-platform, then?
It's not.
Microsoft tries to take a term that is typically used in one context (very
consistently in fact) and transform it to suit selfish agenda. Microsoft is
now doing this to FOSS/OSS as well. It's hijacking words, twists them and
shakes them to kill their meaning.
And again: Moonlight //IS NOT// Silverlight.
>> You are the one trying to redefine it.
>
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