Sickening shilling for MS by Ontario privacy commissioner

[Chris Gow]

On Friday 20 October 2006 13:57, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> On Thursday 19 October 2006 22:15, Walter Dnes wrote:
> >   People, complain to your MPPs.  Ann Cavoukian is cheerleading for
> > Microsoft on her taxpayer-funded salary.
>
> [snip]
>
> I heard Cavoukian being interviewed on CBC on Wednesday and though she
> only mentioned Microsoft by name, she also mentioned several times
> that this was a broad initiative put forth by many companies, not
> just Microsoft. I didn't think she was shilling for Microsoft at all.
> I think the reaction of some on this thread has been immature,
> ill-informed, and sexist. I direct everyone's attention to an article
> on this topic by Doc Searls at Linux Journal here:
> <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8357>. Perhaps after reading
> that, we can engage in informed discussion rather than speculation.
>
> The Linux fan boys who advocated spamming her inbox or her fax and
> those who attacked her based on her looks should be ashamed of
> themselves. If we want Linux to be a relevant and viable option, we
> must present cogent, well-informed arguments, not just engage in
> knee-jerk Microsoft bashing. Behaving like anti-social clods is not
> likely to convince the great masses of people, who really don't know
> or care what an operating system is, of the merits of Linux.

Micheal Geist has an entry on his blog about this. 

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1490&Itemid=125

-- chris
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