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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 11 November 2008 22:06 : \____
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>
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> I've seen some noise from the usual idiots that it was "bribery" when MS
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You're playing with your sound recorder again?
>> distributed code and documentation to attendees of the PDC via 160 GB
>> portable hard drives.
>>
>> Interesting concept. It cost something like $2000 just to register for
>> the PDC. Add on to that the costs of transportation and lodging.
>>
>> Just how, exactly, is getting a $100 drive full of developer technical
>> material (at a developed technical conference) from Microsoft, after
>> you've given Microsoft thousands to attend their conference, bribery?
>
> Our customer would have to refuse a much smaller "gift", large conference
> fee or not.
>
> I think we ourselves could accept such a "gift".
>
> I suppose loyalty has been bought for less, though. Anything to tip the
> balance.
>
> One thing I would refuse, though, is Microsoft hookers -- too many viruses.
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