The "open letter" that Phil references is in reaction to the online petition at http://www.bundestux.de/english.html (or http://www.bundestux.de/ if you read German.) I guess the politicians at the top of MS' open letter must have signed onto the petition, to be singled out in this way.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Phil Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: For those who speak German ... An Open letter from Microsoft's country manager to a whole host of German politicians: http://www.microsoft.com/germany/ms/presseservice/artikel/meldung50235 6.htm contains the gem: "Dies bedeutet f|r mich im Umkehrschluss, dass Sie einen Staat, der nicht Linux einsetzt, f|r undemokratisch oder zumindest f|r nicht pflichtbewusst halten." "To me the corollary is that you believe a State that does not use Linux is undemocratic or at least unaware of its responsibilities." The rest of it is just as wonderful. Time permitting I'll translate a bit more of it. The Germans are an interesting bunch when it comes to operating systems - OS2 exploitation went further and deeper in Germany than anywhere else in Europe - some of my acquaintances still use it for file serving at home. -- Phil Payne The Devil's IT Dictionary - last updated 2002/02/06: http://www.isham-research.com/dd.html UK +44 7785 302803 Germany +49 173 6242039
