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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Glenn,</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I've temped at MS Xbox. MS has the
largest unofficial (probably the largest official or unofficial) LUG
in the Pacific Northwest including BC and Alaska.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Steven</p>
<br>--- On <b>Fri, 2/6/09, Glenn Stone <i><technoshaman@liawol.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Glenn Stone <technoshaman@liawol.org><br>Subject: Re: [Gslug-general] [Fwd: [Wftl-lug] {Disarmed} Microsoft's "open source" guru job posting]<br>To: gslug-general@gslug.org<br>Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 10:32 PM<br><br><pre>On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:50:15PM -0800, Dave Johanson wrote:<br>><br>> Hey, make money by helping Microsoft kill FOSS!<br>> Remember, In every SEC 10K filing since 2004 (at least), Microsoft has<br>> identified FOSS as one of the key threats to its revenue.<br>> IMHO, we should follow who gets this job and be sure to turn our backs<br>> on him / her. No FOSS speaking engagements at conferences or LUGs,<br>> etc. He / she will not be our friend.<br><br>Hey, now. In this economy you take any port
in a storm. Including the<br>enemy camp. <br><br>I know at least one longtime dedicated Linuxer whose day job is for the<br>Borg. I'm 99.44% sure there are others. <br><br>Besides. <br><br>"Know your enemy, and know yourself, and you need not fear the outcome of<br>a<br>thousand battles." -- Sun Tsu.<br><br>If you would rather be on the street with your idealism intact, so be it.<br>I'd rather make the rent payment. <br><br>That said, I'm just as happy to have gotten a better offer than that....<br>but<br>if it came down to Microsoft or Tent City? Really now. <br><br>-- Glenn<br>_______________________________________________<br>Gslug-general mailing list<br>Gslug-general@gslug.org<br>http://lists.gslug.org/mailman/listinfo/gslug-general<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>