[Fwd: Discounted Registration Expires Soon: Open Source Business Conference (OSBC)]

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

One has to wonder what in the world Brad Smith, SVP, General Counsel & 
Corporate Secretary, Microsoft Corporation will be talking about at this 
conference. I presume he will be there to spread FUD about the "legal 
risks" of using open source software.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
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Toronto, ON
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Subject: 	Discounted Registration Expires Soon: Open Source Business
Conference (OSBC)
Date: 	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:07:19 -0500
From: 	OSBC <OSBC at ifc12.com>
To: 	clifford_ilkay at dinamis.com



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