[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

[jtd]

On Thursday 01 February 2007 18:47, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org> wrote:
> > >> such an event. What is the criteria for participating in this
> > >> apparently
> > >> Linux event?
>
> A FOSS event should ideally have no criteria for participation. The
> F stands for free=freedom after all.

Correct. And what better way to do it than on M$ money. Leverage it 
fully and charge hefty premiums. Keep a foss speaker after every M$ 
speaker. Plaster the venue with GNU/Linux postives. Ensure that lug 
delhi has a nice stall adjacent to M$ so that the crowd moves to you 
AFTER visiting M$.

> > >> Conversely, is there any way a Linux company can participate
> > >> in an Microsoft promoting event and talk about the virtues of
> > >> Linux?

Unlikely. All the more reason to use the opportunity.
What the hell are u afraid of anyway?. All u need is visibility and M$ 
might unwittingly help in getting you that.
M$ is mean, crooked and a marketing machine and you have to (and u 
can) beat them at marketing. That would leave them with only meaness 
and crookednes.

-- 
Rgds
JTD