They were giving those away in the give bags at LinuxWorld as well. Pushing it pretty hard aren't they? Figure it might make any windows-to-linux transitions easier for me in the near future :-).
-David On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 00:23, Ben Pitzer wrote: > No, but interestingly enough, I did receive a copy of Microsoft Windows > Services for Unix 3.5 (full, free copy) with my February issue of SysAdmin > magazine (a must subscribe for those of you involved in sysadmin, be it > Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or other *nix). I find it even more interesting > that it tells me straight out on the CD sleeve that no registration or > activation is required. That tells me that they're making a big push to > pull Unix users into the Microsoft fold, even if it means that they don't > find out who they are so they can target the marketing machine at them. > Nonetheless, since it does operate on Win2k Pro (SP 3 or later), I'm > thinking of giving it a shot. Like it or not (and honestly, I don't much > mind), interoperability is a major issue with most IT environments, and I am > in favor of any tool that allows that interoperability to happen. I may > even try to recommend this (assuming I like it) for certain applications in > my work environment. > > Regards, > Ben Pitzer > > --------------------------------------------- > > "Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > --Ben Franklin-- > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Jason Purdy > > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:42 PM > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > > Subject: [TriLUG] Microsoft NC Case > > > > > > Has anyone else received a letter in the mail from a "Settlement > > Administrator" that offers Microsoft vouchers as part of a settlement? > > It's part of a case "MJM Investigations, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp." (Nos. > > 00 CVS 4073 and 00 CVS 1246 -- whatever that means... ;)). > > > > Anyway, I thought it was interesting, b/c there's a scheduled hearing > > for May 27th, 2004 here in Raleigh. Might make a good field trip to go > > and listen ... heck, they're offering you a chance to speak at the > > hearing if you wanted (and filed the proper paperwork). > > > > I have plenty of other details (why are lawyers so verbose? ... I must > > have 10 pages of small font copy to weed through, just for a voucher?), > > but I'll refrain from flooding here. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jason > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > -- David A. Cafaro <dac(at)cafaro.net> Sys Admin to User: "You did what?!?" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
