["Craig Flannagan" <craigfla at microsoft.com>] Microsoft Canada would like to visit your user group

[Duncan MacGregor]

I do not see how a meeting with Microsoft would be of any help to us.
If any of us are interested in Microsoft stuff, then there are all sorts of 
other ways for us to be exposed to them.

The benefits to Microsoft exceed the benefits to us. 

No.

Duncan

On March 26, 2004 09:12 pm, Brice Chaffin wrote:
> Since I am a new member, I have monitored the conversation some before
> posting my own thoughts. My initial reaction is a no. Generally, Microsoft
> favors dominance over cooperation and seeks converts rather than partners.
> I have seen and heard some of the things on various Linux sites that
> Microsoft has come up with to discredit it. Why a sudden interest in it or
> us now? One must wonder. Is it really a genuine offer, or just another
> tactic?
>
>
>
> ACOLYTE: Oh, machine, will you accept my offer of information
>  so you may run my program and perhaps give me a computation?
>
> PRIEST(on behalf of the machine): We will try. We promise nothing.

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