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- From: ekl@fics.uucp
- Subject: Re: microsoft posters
- Organization: Kvam data as
- Distribution: comp
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:23:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.162342.9409@fics.uucp>
- References: <1992Jul22.2712.2780@dosgate>
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- In article <1992Jul22.2712.2780@dosgate> "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com> writes:
- >Since many of them DESIGNED and WROTE large portions of OS/2, I'd say that they
- >have more than a little to contribute in any OS/2 discussions. The fact that
- >you dislike Microsoft doesn't change the fact that MS has a great deal to do
- >with OS/2. And as for MS posters posting "demoting" material, what do you
- >call message titles like "MS grasping at straws"?
- >
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- Gordon Letwin is definately a person who has the knowledge to contribute
- to an os/2 discussion. Unfortunatly, he has been showing more anger than
- knowledge on these forums (often in response to others, though). He has
- not been too much with us for a while, until these last 2 weeks or so.
-
- When it comes to other MS employees, I seem to recall that they work on
- non-os/2 related stuff, like Mac-apps. Thus, they did not DESIGN or
- WRITE large portions of os/2, and they may not have much to add to
- os/2 discussions. Actually, I think they participate mainly in threads
- related in one way or another to microsoft, or to threads discussing
- their presence in the comp.os.os2. hierarchy.
-
- I have nothing against MS employees at .advocay, it makes life more fun.
- However, I believe that they are here because IBM is IBM, and MS is MS.
- I also believe that it's their own decision, and not official MS. And I
- think it's OK.
-
- Eirik
-