http://www.consortiuminfo.org/news/index.php#4023
"What happened at the OOXML Press Briefing? Last week, Microsoft flew press
representatives in to Redmond from around the world (and particularly from
those countries, like Australia and the Phillipines) that had voted against
OOXML in last summer's ISO/IEC JTC1 Fast Track vote, for a press briefing. At
the briefing, they heard Microsoft representatives such as Tom Robertson and
Jean Paoli make the pitch for OOXML, as well as Burton Group research director
Peter O'Kelly. The articles that those journalists wrote are beginning to pop
up, and excerpts from four appear below. The first notes that Microsoft has
also been holding four conference calls a week for National Body
representatives, while the last notes that journalists from Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil,
Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S. were in attendance."
Days ago:
Microsoft prepares for final OOXML battle
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| Brett Winterford [the writer] travelled to Redmond as a guest of Microsoft.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft-prepares-for-final-OOXML-battle/0,130061733,339285461,00
Going to OOXML great lengths
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| We landed directly at the Seattle-Tacoma airport to attend a press briefing
| by software giant Microsoft, in the nearby cities of Kirkland and Redmond.
|
| Why am I telling you this? Well, I'd like to think that Microsoft is going
| out of its way to reach out to technology journalists from the far corners of
| the world, to argue its case in what has become a very contentious issue in
| the IT industry.
|
| [...]
|
| The Philippines is one of the countries that voted "no", which partly
| explains why we were invited to attend the press briefing.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/pinoypost/0,3800005677,63001918,00.htm
Related:
INQhack survives Vistability test in Volesville
,----[ Quote ]
| The Vole (Microsoft) supposedly invited The INQ over for tea because
| we are notorious "Microsoft doubters" - and we were accompanied by
| other supposed Vole doubters such as the folk from lifehacker and
| a very nice man from Slashdot, as well as some Microsoft MvPs.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36312
Microsoft desperately wants my love -- and yours
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| I spent December seventh, eighth, and ninth in Seattle as Microsoft's
| guest. Microsoft flew me there from Florida at its expense, put me up
| in a nice hotel, provided decent food, and comped me and four other
| invitees to this "special conference" with presentations about the
| marvels of Vista and other recent or upcoming Microsoft products. They
| didn't quite play the old Beatles song "Love Me Do" in the background,
| but it was the event's unstated theme.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/12/085222
Bribing Bloggers
,----[ Quote ]
| This is the most frustrating thing about the practice of giving
| bloggers free stuff: it pisses in the well, reducing the credibility
| of all blogs. I'm upset that people trust me less because of the
| behavior of other bloggers. Don't even get me started about PayPerPost.
|
| [...]
|
| Do not, under any circumstances, consider upgrading an XP system to
| Vista... even if it's fairly new and even if it's Vista Supremo
| Premium Ultra-Capable.
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/12/28.html
Microsoft's Laptop Giveaway Becoming PR Disaster?
,----[ Quote ]
| This thing is starting to feel like a PR disaster. Bloggers are
| starting to smell blood and this thing very well may begin to
| turn into yet another episode of bloggers gone wild.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061228/23174_id.html?.v=1
Bribing Bloggers
,----[ Quote ]
| It's a bribe. Period. You say nice things about us, you get nice
| things from us. Heck, just say neutral things about us-we'll give
| you a killer new laptop and we know that you'll be inclined to say
| better things about us.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2077596,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
Getting a Vaio [with Vista, from Microsoft, even in March 2007]
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| Microsoft Belgium rang me yesterday (I don?t think they realised it
| was a public holiday here!).
|
| [...]
|
| The phone call yesterday was to confirm my address - the laptop (a
| Sony Vaio - dunno which model or spec yet) is en route with Vista
| Ultimate and Office Ultimate pre-installed.
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http://www.tomrafteryit.net/getting-a-vaio/
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