On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 17:44 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:20:29 +0530, Sudhir Gandotra  said: 
> 
> > On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 17:24 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> >> On 03-Feb-07, at 4:32 PM, Honey  wrote:
> >> 
> >> >> it is not sponsorship - if you look at the website, microsoft is
> >> >> not a mere sponsor - it is a partner, which is much more than a
> >> >> sponsor
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > So the situation is verse than what i'm thinking of.  Doesn't
> >> > this indicate that ms realise the power of OSS & now trying to
> >> > save its future by breaking into our main weakness (that is
> >> > money).
> >> 
> >> i dont think our main weakness is money. Our main weakness is that
> >> we dont like to make waves, we want to be popular and friendly with
> >> everyone, so we dont protest - we compromise and get trampled over.
> >> The only way to face a bully is to stand up to him.
> 
> > And to support those who stand up to the bully, without bringing any
> > ego in between.  Unfortunately, many people pull down those who
> > stand up to the bully.
> 
>         Which particular bully are you speaking about? And which
>  person who stood up to a bully was pulled down by other people? I
>  thought lawgon was speaking about a generic belief that people versed
>  in code tend to be shy and introverted, and shy away from
>  confrontations (BTW, I don't buy that thesis either, given the flame
>  wars I have witnessed).  But you seem to have some specific instances
>  in mind.
> 
>         manoj

Just wait for a while and you will (unfortunately) see it for yourself,
and, this time, I will specifically point it out on the lists. But, I am
not blaming him for it - it was meant against the trend of doing so (not
supporting..)

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