Sickening shilling for MS by Ontario privacy commissioner

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sat Oct 21 02:44:11 UTC 2006


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.
>

Please don't ruin a good argument with facts!  ;-)
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