Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:09:20 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: aturoff@isinet.com Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Zippy <seth@interport.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft (was: Netscape browser) Message-ID: <19990319120920.J429@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <99Mar18.202531est.113793@pandora.isinet.com>; from Adam Turoff on Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 08:34:28PM -0500 References: <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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On Thursday, 18 March 1999 at 20:34:28 -0500, Adam Turoff wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 18 March 1999 at 15:56:12 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >>> Funny: Bill Gates recently mentioned FreeBSD by name in an interview, but >>> not Linux. >> >> Details? > > If you search lwn.net 6-10 weeks ago, you'll find a better version > of this reference. > > Basically, billg was interviewed by ix in Germany, back when they > were beating the 'sure we have competition -- look at Linux' drum. > > Same context. Except that billg said FreeBSD instead of Linux. Ah yes, I remember that well. I was the person who posted the message. Bill *did* mention Linux. But in his usual evasive fashion, only when they were talking about something else. When they talked about Linux, he replied about FreeBSD. I see this more as an indication of his evasive style than anything about Linux or FreeBSD. > 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. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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