<quote who="Jiri Baum"> > They were discussed in more detail elsewhere on this thread. The most > likely ones, I think, are (a) some press dude comes along and says "Wow, > those freetards sure treated Microsoft badly", or (b) they come in, dodge > any hard questions and walk out again amicably, giving us nothing and > gaining some minor measure of goodwill for themselves. Neither of these is > mitigated by boycotting the event; at most, (a) might become "Wow, those > freetards sure treated Microsoft badly by not even turning up", ensuring > (b) by default.
Given that these are fairly pedestrian outcomes, and unlikely anyway, I am surprised you'd chalk them up as "harms". I mean, (b) sounds like a good opportunity to get some sleep, which is quite a healthy activity. Let's not go off the deep end here. > Besides, what possible positive outcome would one expect from a Q&A > session? Having a conversation. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australia http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ "Be shunned, be hated, be ridiculed, be scared, be in doubt, but don't be gagged. The time of trial is always." - John J. Chapman -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
