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____/ Tony(UK) on Tuesday 16 June 2009 06:37 : \____
> I'll miss the real Linux advocates on here and will still read the
> newsgroup, but this is the last post from me that I make to Usenet.
>
> I have a Hotmail account which I have used as a throw-away since first
> subscribing to a.b.midi and a.c.freeware approximately 10 years ago, and I
> check and delete junk mail as and when.
> When I checked the account this morning, I have received two death threats
> originating directly from this newsgroup as they relate to a post made by
> me.
>
> In the past, both my name and headers have been forged on this group, and
> these latest threats are serious enough to bring in the authorities later
> today. Enough is enough.
Sad to see you leave because of bullying.
I just tend to ignore the bullying. It lets Microsoft's TEs and bullies win.
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| I was sitting on the XML Working Group and co-editing the
| spec, on a pro bono basis as an indie consultant. Netscape hired me to
| represent their interests, and when I announced this, controversy ensued.
| Which is a nice way of saying that Microsoft went berserk; tried
| unsuccessfully to get me fired as co-editor, and then launched a vicious,
| deeply personal extended attack in which they tried to destroy my career and
| took lethal action against a small struggling company because my wife worked
| there. It was a sideshow of a sideshow of the great campaign to bury Netscape
| and I’m sure the executives have forgotten; but I haven’t.
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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/01/24/Mixup
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~~ Best of wishes
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