[BGSpam]Re: [Scottish] Linux apparell in Glasgow

[Andrew Back]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, ed wrote:

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> If it was an independent event that MS happened to be at then sure,
> since it is organised and paid for by MS and my work happens to be their
> guests I think that would be a bit dodgy for what little remains of my
> career prospects.
>
> At least I got linux onto our network, thanks to SAMBA, but we need more
> on the system

Just as the anarchist approach to society has not resulted in a utopian 
state, neither will 'Linux anarchy' result in a similarly utopian OSS 
based computing estate across organisations. Rise above I say, as
agressive behaviour generally tends to make business folk wary, and 
thus be counterproductive. Of course if the intention is purely to 
irritate then thats a different matter. In my opinion a carrot is better 
than a stick.

You could always ask MS what they have in mind for the resultant Novell 
fork of Linux if it is ruled Novell are not allowed to use future 
Linux versions :o)

A.