On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 03:38:41PM +0700, art wrote:
> msdn, diamond sponsor? Open Source? Doesn't add up? I'm okay if money is
> the reason why the conference picked up msdn for diamond sponsor. After
> all, to push for an awareness campaign on Open Source and for people and
> ideas to come and work for the common good, a real good cash flow *may
> be reasonable*. At any rate, I just hope that the organizers are careful
> enough not to let msdn take too dominant a role.
> 

Hardly.  They only contributed one speaker, for "Security in a Connected
World".  How ironic, being as Microsoft is most often the weakest link
when it comes to security in today's connected world! (I can begin to
imagine how their speaker'll get flamed on this.  Their speaker at
APRICOT on the same topic didn't fare so well..)  Nevertheless, we like
to think of it this way: keep your friends close, but your enemies
closer.  Cuts both ways methinks.

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