Make Web Not War: Astroturf?

Marc Lijour marclijour-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 30 12:20:29 UTC 2014


Keith Loo and Bruce Chau are very active in local meet ups and open
government/data circles. They get developers started with Azure.  They are
also helping big time the people with disabilities community.
On Jan 30, 2014 2:23 AM, "Evan Leibovitch" <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
> After someone mentioned it to me I checked out http://www.webnotwar.ca
>
> It looks very interesting .... until you get to the bottom of the page:
>
> *We are a community of open tech enthusiasts. We love everything open:
> Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Data.*
>
> *If you have built something awesome or would like to get involved, please
> reach out to us - we are always up for making new friends.*
>
>  *Make Web Not War is powered by People & Code, Idea Notion, Microsoft
> using WordPress on Windows Azure - and we love it.*
>
>
>
> I've never known anyone to "love" Microsoft products, especially nobody
> who claims to "love everything open". No mention of Linux, Apache, BSD, etc.
>
> And then... look at the copyright on the website.
>
> Pfft.
>
> Then again... does anyone here know the people there? I'm happy to be
> proven wrong. But on the surface this looks like some high quality M$
> astroturf.
>
> --
> Evan Leibovitch
> Toronto Canada
>
> Em: evan at telly dot org
> Sk: evanleibovitch
> Tw: el56
>
>
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