Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 24 January 2008 17:07 : \____
>
>> 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Government Leaders? Forum Europe
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | It is always a matter of perspective. Microsoft organizes a two day
>>>> | conference to discuss "Perspectives of Modernising Government" with
>>>> | European government representatives in Berlin, Germany. Bill Gates
>>>> | himself visits the forum. A side purpose is to lift up a standard
>>>> | analyst from Gartner and retired rent-a-politician on equal footings.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-36838/government-leaders-forum-europe
>>>
>>>
>>> Are these the same anal ysists that don't have an approved
>>> tool to measure Linux uptake and yet sell reports as if they did?
>>>
>>> Linux distributing 1 million+ desktops per year and 1 million
>>> embedded Linux gadgets PER DAY. Did any of these Gardner shills
>>> get that message right? If not, where are their approved
>>> tools for talking about Linux?
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, the government's view will be that whoever hosts the
>> conference gets to set the agenda and the messages. Microsoft will be
>> bringing in whoever they like, and you can be 100% certain that they
>> will be spinning a tale around their proprietary OOXML faster than a
>> Jenny.
>>
>> What we need are more government-focussed open-source events, but they
>> do need serious money in order to attract attention.
>
> I've just received information about some more Microsoft corruption in the
> government. Maybe I'll post it in the weekend.
>
> This is utterly disgusting.
>
Keep posting it. The more it is exposed, the more politicians will see
that associating with Microsoft corruption is bad for their careers.
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