[oclug] Should we invite Microsoft to an OCLUG Meeting

[Charles MacDonald]

> 
> 
> Too bad Bob is wrong. M$'s success is NOT based on meeting customer
> needs, but on it's monopoly and vigoursly defending that.


 
Oh I don't know, IBM "Needed " windows 95 to meet customer

requests.  was it too much that in order to sell it, they had to 

drop selling their own OS...

I would love to see someone from MS try to explain how their "shared 
Source" project relates to real Open source.  Too bad that someone like 
Dan Achroid couldent help ask the questions.

REmber that they have recently launched at least one Tool as "real" open 
source -- on sourceforge even, so you can't say they NEVER open source 
anything.  (if the world whifts overninght, they can say "we have been 
doing it for a while now",...

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Charles MacDonald  Stittsville Ontario
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