nice conversation though this is, its hard to see where the suggestion that we will have the MS guys to chat to down here in chch has come from. As i understand it from reading the nzoss thread, the MS NZ office guys suggested a few beers and bit if a yarn with some guys from nzoss. In Auckland, which is where MS is based in NZ.
Theres a long way between that and them spending a fortune on coming down here for a few beers and a bit if a yarn. has anybody asked them? On Sun, 09 May 2004 22:08:15 +1200 Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FireFox and Longhorn: Meant For Each Other? > http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/05/08/1049218.shtml?tid=126&tid=154&tid=185&tid=190&tid=201&tid=95 > > Because Microsoft is making an attempt to _seem_ polite and friendly these > days. It's realized that bad PR is PR, but it's negative and sets people > against you. Too much bad PR and people will stop believing what you say, > merely because you said it. > > And that would impact quite heavily on the bottom line. > > So by opening up the source without restriction, they would be not only making > interesting noises, they would be backing them up with action. > > Wesley Parish > > On Sun, 09 May 2004 00:52, you wrote: > > On Sat, 08 May 2004 22:40, you wrote: > > > When is Microsoft going to release the full, non-encumbered specs for > > > WinML, their Office2003 file specification, for the purpose of > > > compatibility with OpenOffice.org and AbiWord? > > > > > > Has Microsoft ever considered the brownie points it might garner by > > > releasing under the MIT/X11 license, the Microsoft-owned source code to > > > Win NT 4.0, Win95, and Office97? > > > > > > Is Microsoft going to license its patents that directly affect Mono and > > > Samba, on the same basis as IBM with Linux? Ie, blanket coverage. > > > > Good questions. I have one for you - why would MS do any of the above? > > All ethics and ideologies aside - if you were an MS shareholder, would you > > want them to do any of the above? Brownie points do not always yeild > > profit, short term or long term. > > > > Yuri > > -- > Wesley Parish > * * * > Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish > * * * > Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" > You ask, "What is the most important thing?" > Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." > I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people." -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
