rearranging the top post to make the thread sensible: On 02-Feb-07, at 1:02 PM, rahul wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf > Of Openlx Linux > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:50 PM > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list > Subject: Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007 > > > On 1/31/07, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> It is quite obvious what their point of participating in the event is >> about. I don't understand how a company which doesn't contribute to >> Linux is any positive/constructive way, can be allowed to >> participate in >> such an event. What is the criteria for participating in this >> apparently >> Linux event? >> > > > We appreciate feedback from the community both +ve and -ve but > these claims > of "greed" and "money" are definitely very demotiavting. you *did* promise on chennai list to justify the microsoft sponsorship within 2 days, but havent. So what happens about feedback then? > > Yes, EFY Group is a commercial organisation, but for us the growth > of Open > Source and Linux is as important as for anyone else on this list, > afterall > LINUX For You's bread and butter comes from there. one thing you have to clarify is this: if you felt microsoft sponsorship was for the good of the community, how come you didnt announce it on the mailing lists with all the fanfare that novell used to announce it's agreement with microsoft? If you had done that, maybe we could have considered you sincere - misguided no doubt, but sincere. Why was the whole thing quietly slipped in on the website without any notice? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
