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

[Ruben I Safir]

On 2003.02.08 19:35 Ruben I Safir wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > 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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