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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi Guys,<br>
<br>
Just received this amusing request from Michael Surkan, a programmer
working for MICROSOFT!<br>
Apart from the obvious response of, block the security holes, make it
FREE to all, and have Microsoft really run out of ideas as to what the
customers are really looking for??<br>
<br>
Anyone want to communicate with him - if you do want to send a direct
response, his email address is at the bottom.<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Linux and other FREE
source programme and browser applications must be now starting to worry
the marble palace dwellers over the water!<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Best wishes<br>
Barrie Haycock<br>
**********************************************<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I am a program manager in
the Microsoft <st1:mswterms w:st="on">networking</st1:mswterms>
group, doing some research around how we can improve our <st1:mswterms
w:st="on">operating systems</st1:mswterms>. My goal is to help us
identify capabilities,
improvements, and features that Microsoft should be focusing on to help
our
customers over the next 5 years or so. I am particularly interested in
hearing
from <st1:mswterms w:st="on">Linux</st1:mswterms> users, and get their
input
about what they feel should be priorities.<o:p><br>
</o:p><br>
I was wondering if you would mind if I posted a message on
your <st1:mswterms w:st="on">Linux</st1:mswterms> mailing list (</span></font><a
href="mailto:gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk">gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><font
size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">) asking for
feedback? I want to ask for people to e-mail me directly if they would
be
interested in taking an on-line survey I have put together (sorry, I
don’t
want to post the survey URL directly to the public).<o:p> <br>
</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">If you don't feel this is
an appropriate use of your list, that's
fine. Of course, I am always eager to hear your thoughts if you wanted
to share
them. :-)<o:p> <br>
</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><st1:personname
w:st="on"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Michael Surkan<br>
<a href="msurkan@windows.microsoft.com">msurkan@windows.microsoft.com</a>
<br>
</span></font></st1:personname><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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