microsoft + novell + opensource in one sentence ... WHOA!
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 10:53 +0800, Chen Xiangpeng wrote: > It's just cute to note that at the bottom of the original invitation, > the words "Microsoft Student Partner" appears :P > > Microsoft? Novell? hehe > > XP > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Eunice Tan Boon Luan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think to be fair for the "poor innocent" SMU OS3 group that > organize > this talk, leave them a room space to have this opportunity to > allow > student at least to know what are some possibilities of using > open > source in the corporate world. Perhaps in the future other > parties from > other companies can come in to share on the experiences as > well. It is > definitely not going to restrict to Novell alone. > > They may be the first to be there is that they are offering > the package > for the SMU students. Nevertheless it does not constrain > others to enter > and share on their viewpoint and experience if they are able > to > introduce this open source spirit and its community to people > who are > new to it. Especially to business students who are easily > deceived by > the choices available or ease of usage on proprietary over > open source. > > I hereby would like to thanks the wonderful new committee that > took over > from us (previous exco members) and had this initiative. > > Cheers, > > Eunice Tan > Ex-CEO of SMU Open Source Software Society > SMU School of Information System > > > > Stephan M. February wrote: > > Chris Henry wrote: > >> He's just being sarcastic that Novell is being called to > give talks to > >> open-source community after all those patents agreement > what-not with > >> Microsoft. GPLv3 is supposed to block such exclusive > agreement in the > >> future. > >> > > > > In that case he should make a plackard summarizing his > grievances. > > Come up with a catchy slogan , and picket the SMU entrance, > heckling > > all who dare enter :D > > > > Cheers > > Stephan "The Instigator" February > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Slugnet mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
