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Date:      Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:00:21 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, aturoff@isinet.com
Cc:        Zippy <seth@interport.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft (was: Netscape browser)
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990318205927.03f2e520@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <19990319120920.J429@lemis.com>
References:  <99Mar18.202531est.113793@pandora.isinet.com> <Pine.GSO.3.96.990318150841.12432A-100000@interport.net> <4.1.19990318155537.03f05850@localhost> <19990319112909.H429@lemis.com> <99Mar18.202531est.113793@pandora.isinet.com>

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At 12:09 PM 3/19/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
 
>> The microsoft-ologists came to the conclusion that this is an example
>> of microsoft's internal compliance department (or marketing, or PR,
>> or somesuch) at work.  The story goes that there is an internal gestapo
>> that fines anyone who talks to the press and mentions a term/competitor
>> by name if that term/competitor is on the internal blacklist.
>>
>> The mention of FreeBSD was thought to mean that Linux made it onto
>> the blacklist, but billg had a prepared speech, so he s/Linux/FreeBSD/g;
>> to avoid paying the fine.
>
>Yes.  This, too, was mentioned, and I sent out a more detailed
>explanation refuting it.

Ah, but Ballmer has since verified it. It's a sort of game the execs play.

--Brett


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