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Re: [News] [News] Open Source Supporters Convene in Asia

Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> I couldn't find the story about Microsoft opening a session _at a
> Linux event_ offering food and gifts to Linux developers and luring
> them away.

How about these:

[quote]
If you watch the arrangements made at the XML 2007 conference, you’ll
find that Microsoft hosts, pays for, covers, and sponsors all sorts of
things (mind the “Hors d’oeuvres and drinks hosted by Microsoft”).
[/quote]

http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/06/moonlight-drinks-xml-2007/


[quote]
A reader has made us aware us a very curious mailing list thread.
“Someone harshly criticized Microsoft security making some very good
points,” he writes. “Suddenly a Microsoft rep materialized on the
mailing list to refute them, offer to put on a security dog and pony
show for the group and buy everyone lunch, and that’s where it ended!
[/quote]

http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/09/microsoft-buying-love/


[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.
[/quote]

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36312


[quote]
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.
[/quote]

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/12/085222


[quote]
Gilad Tiefenbrun, Director of Engineering of Linn Products in Scotland
(known since the 1970s for their high-end audio equipment), showed their
new Sneaky Music DS device for playing high quality music stored on a
home LAN -- with Open Source software components you can modify to your
heart's content.

...

Microsoft picked up the tab for drinks and food
[/quote]

http://danbricklin.com/log/2008_03_06.htm#tt03linn


Also relevant:

http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/11/microsoft-invades-foss/
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/02/foss-grab-and-redefinition/

-- 
K.
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