-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 19 December 2003 21:10, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > "A Microsoft networking division manager has been contacting LUGs > (including LUGoD) regarding what appear to be focus groups concerning > "where you'd like to see Microsoft in five years". -6' comes to > mind...." > > [read more below for details] > > This being a slow friday evening, this strikes me as an excellent time > to ask y'all where would you like to see Linux (the kernel) and Linux > (the OS) be in five years. Go wild... > > Cheers, > Muli
1. Hope that the SCO mess will be over by then. 2. G++ compile speed for C++ code on par with GCC (those kde cvs compiles are way too long). 3. freedesktop.org will be more dominant in DE/WMs development process. 4. Keith Packard work will be merged in the main xfree86 tree (and he'll be back on team). 5. e17 will be released :-P 6. Standart compliance everywhere and across OSes (web browsers/sites, file formats etc). > ----- Forwarded message from "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:04:38 -0800 > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i > To: Linux Elitists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [linux-elitists] Fwd: [vox] Microsoft interested in our feelings > > A Microsoft networking division manager has been contacting LUGs > (including LUGoD) regarding what appear to be focus groups concerning > "where you'd like to see Microsoft in five years". -6' comes to > mind.... > > > Google tells you a bit. > > Surkan has posted similar appeals to a number of LUGs. He's previously > written for a number of MSFT rags, perhaps most notoriously "I come not > to praise Linux": > > http://linuxtoday.com/news/1998111802110PS > Nov 18, 1998 > > "As long as GNU/Linux remains a religion of freeware fanatics, > Microsoft (and other NOS vendors) have nothing to worry about." > > > See also: > > > http://lists.gslug.org/pipermail/gslug-general/2003-November/000086.html > > P.S. This report is a skunkworks project of mine, and really doesn't > have anything to do with my "day" job. I just feel very strongly > that Microsoft needs to listen better to what users need and want to > try and change attitudes. > > > http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/50/347546/2003-12-08/2003-12-14/0 > > I am a program manager in the Microsoft networking group, doing some > research around network security needs. My goal is to help us > identify the network security technologies Microsoft should be > focusing on to help our customers over the next 5 years or so. > > > > > > ----- Forwarded message from Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:32:33 -0800 > To: LUGOD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mail-Followup-To: LUGOD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Id: lugod's free for all mailing list <vox.lists.lugod.org> > Subject: [vox] Microsoft interested in our feelings > X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 > > I received an email last night from one Michael Surkan from Microsoft > (based on the mail headers, it looks legit; not some prankster ;^) ) > > He wanted to know if it would be appropriate to post a note to our 'vox' > list asking if folks here would be willing to talk about where they'd > like to see MS go down the road... kind of a 5-year-plan, to paraphrase. > > Anyway, I told him 'go for it,' so he'll no doubt be posting soon. > I wanted to give a head's-up to the list before people start arguing over > whether it's a hoax or prank or not. The e-mail I got did, in fact, > originate from *.microsoft.com. Also, a Google for his name found a quote > from him at CBS News' website, and posts on LUG mailing list archives. > > > I'm quite curious as to what they're up to, and how much MS would actually > listen to us techie geeks. :^) > > -bill! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got kids? Get Tux > Paint! http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/ > http://newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ > > _______________________________________________ > vox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > I could give you my word as a Spaniard? > No good. I've known too many Spaniards. > - Princess Bride > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-elitists > http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-elitists > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- - -- Meir Kriheli MKsoft systems http://www.mksoft.co.il -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/5Px8RkS5DWK1mZkRAhQEAKC0qJNfOQ7K6ZYL/NFTHgzUUHNAOACfZnk1 vduvQ9hjHqMpsC4s8vxGBf4= =YKJY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
