[plug] Gold ! :)

[Kai]

If MS see's something as a threat they'll either a) offer to buy the 
company for far more than it's worth so the company would be stupid to 
say "no", b) use their money and "friends" to lobby against it c) if thy 
can't do any of the above they'll spread FUD about it and try to make 
people think it's something that it isn't or d) play games like they are 
with Michael Robertson and demand he stop making use of the word Lindows 
because it might "confuse" customers 
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34486.html).

Local government email storm ? what do you propose ?

senectus wrote:

> Heh.. 
> 
> I was just reading this after getting back from a painful customer.. And now
> I feel a little better (or maybe it the coffee.. ;-P )
> Gotta love how MS thinks its "anti competitive".. You'd think that THEY
> would know by now what anticompetitive means... LOL
> 
> Time to start a local gov e-mail storm over getting this pushed here as
> well.. don't you guys agree?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On
> Behalf Of Kai Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2003 10:04 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Gold ! :)
> 
> Yep, I'm glad they did that too !
> 
> That's one of the reasons why I don't understand why Microsoft is so 
> "unhappy" with the result, it's not like the government has passed a 
> bill saying "You...will...use...open...source" but Microsoft are still 
> lobbying and complaining about it anyway, then again they're a monopoly 
> so what do we expect ?
> 
> Ben Jensz wrote:
> 
>>I'm glad it passed as being to "consider" and not to "prefer" OSS 
>>myself.  Personally I think they should be using the right software for 
>>the job.  But they should demand open standards and should at least 
>>seriously evaluate OSS to see if it would fit the task appropriately and 
>>use it where it is appropriate.
>>
>>
>>   Ms Dundas' Bill calls for government to "consider" the purchase of
>>   open source software in procurement plans. The original version of
>>   the Bill would have required the ACT to "prefer" open source software.
>>
>>
>>
>>/ Ben
>>
>>Kai Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dunno if anyone has seen it yet...
>>>
>>>Microsoft steams over open source Bill
>>>
> 
> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8173918%255E15
> 306,00.html 
> 
>>>
>>>of course Microsoft aren't happy with it -
>>>
>>>"Microsoft labelled the legislation "anti-competitive", and warned 
>>>that it could damage the Australian software industry."