Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that

[Ruben I Safir]

> 
> Are you suggesting that in order for the conference to be legitimate a
> university and a conference committee that includes several government
> employees should deny a speaker from Microsoft the right to present the
> Microsoft position in debate before an audience almost guaranteed to be
> packed with active competitors and adversaries of Microsoft?
> 
> Can you imagine for a moment the uproar and political firestorm that would
> result from such a situation?

Fine, as long as it takes place out of the room and as long as they get my name
and the URL for the Free Software Chamber of Commerce right before they attack 
it

In any event, it's not a debate.  If it's a debate on Free Software versus
Propriatory software, say so on the website so that everyone knows this and
is prepared going in.

Overwise, it's a conference on the reasons and uses of Open Source and Free 
Software
for government and Microsoft doesn't qualify under EITHER category.


> As an attendee and participant in this and related events, let me assure
> you that the event does not merely pretend to be part of our community, it
> is part of our community.  And the spirit of our community is not betrayed.

If this event includes Microsoft, it betrays the Community.  Bayonne was 
imediately
affected by the presense of Microsoft at LWE in NY by denying it a first place 
award
and the press it deserved.

That translates to food on dinner plates for my members ... period.


Ruben
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