>>> I especially brought up this idea to avoid being called a Google Show. >>> As much as I like and prefer the big G, competition is healthy esp. in >>> the job market :) >> They aren't necessarily the cuddly company people would have you >> believe. Any monopoly is a 'bad thing', especially when they're >> collecting all that personal data.
Agreeing totally - competition good, monopoly bad. I prefer gmail over hotmail for ease of use and speed and geekness appeal, not for G having the more attractive staffers or being more cuddly. > The request was to pass the invite on the Microsoft, maybe through > Jim, not to snag the guy as a speaker necessarily, I guess you weren't > really following. > Anyway, done. We'll see what they say. Great! Quite sure that at least we will get referred to MSEurope >>> Again question to the list: who knows someone at Y and Amazon? > What's Y? Yahoo? Yes. I am not really sure if they can afford Pythoneers right now competing with G, A and M, but it's only fair to provide the opportunity. Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald Armin Massa Spielberger Straße 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 no fx, no carrier pidgeon - EuroPython 2008 will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania - Stay tuned! _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
