Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:00:21 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, aturoff@isinet.com Cc: Zippy <seth@interport.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft (was: Netscape browser) Message-ID: <4.1.19990318205927.03f2e520@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990319120920.J429@lemis.com> References: <99Mar18.202531est.113793@pandora.isinet.com> <Pine.GSO.3.96.990318150841.12432A-100000@interport.net> <4.1.19990318155537.03f05850@localhost> <19990319112909.H429@lemis.com> <99Mar18.202531est.113793@pandora.isinet.com>
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At 12:09 PM 3/19/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> The microsoft-ologists came to the conclusion that this is an example >> of microsoft's internal compliance department (or marketing, or PR, >> or somesuch) at work. The story goes that there is an internal gestapo >> that fines anyone who talks to the press and mentions a term/competitor >> by name if that term/competitor is on the internal blacklist. >> >> The mention of FreeBSD was thought to mean that Linux made it onto >> the blacklist, but billg had a prepared speech, so he s/Linux/FreeBSD/g; >> to avoid paying the fine. > >Yes. This, too, was mentioned, and I sent out a more detailed >explanation refuting it. Ah, but Ballmer has since verified it. It's a sort of game the execs play. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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