On 01/02/07, Vishnu Gopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone who doesn't compromise my goals for an event. It's like this: > you give me this much money and you get this much. Yup, I will. If > Rajindar da Dhaba wants to sponsor the next whatever, I say lets go > for it =)
Sorry for missing out on this interesting thread during the day. First of all +1 for keeping on the list. IF, note it is big if, M$ was only wanting to sell their products it would not really be an issue bigger than Santa Dhabha selling food at Raju Dhaba would be. However issue here is M$'s duplicity in threatening every and all sundry with their patent nonsense and then have gumption to hijack your movement. All the attempts at such back door entry need to be restricted as much as possible. OSS community also exists for M$ platforms we have no issues with that and we would welcome speakers from M$ itself if they were demonstrating products based on OSS / GPL et. al. However to be main sponsor of an event and then get a front stage performance would subvert the very basis of OSS movement and community ownership. IAC if any one of you feels this is not a problem you are welcome to join the bandwagon. I would prefer to exercise my right of freedom and make people aware of this subvertive move. Thereafter it is up to individual to male a choice. Any one here who can help me collect email addresses of speakers at the event? Please do share, but in mangled format, as we do not want the other monster, spam, to get better of us. -- Regards, Sudev Barar _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
