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Re: Terry is back

Verily I say unto thee, that Terry Porter spake thusly:

> The ODF/OOXML saga really showed most of us just how far and low the
> Monopoly is prepared to go to undermine everything they see as a
> threat.

Yes, it was a spectacularly obvious attack, on the very eve of OOXML's
most crucial vote, suddenly the Vole's pet monkeys de Icaza and Jesper
Lund Stocholm appeared:

http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/22/odf-ooxml-synopsis/

Oh, but you're probably referring to the wider issue of their campaign
of bribery[1]; threats[2]; blackmail[3][4] and vicious smears[5][6].

[1]<http://www.os2world.com/content/view/14871/2/>
[2]<http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/the-openxml-standardisation-update.html>
[3]<http://p2pnet.net/story/3901>
[4]<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144898/microsoft_denies_threatening_to_withdraw_funding.html>
[5]<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/0B47485921D44083CC2574110068B1B6>
[6]<http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-files-complaint-on-ooxml-vote.html>

And the Trolls have the gall to condemn me for denouncing Microsoft as
gangsters. Clearly most of their senior management should be in prison
(along with the Shills; Trolls and fanboys who support their crimes).

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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