Comments on: Wanted: List of Bloggers, Journalists, and Analysts Whom Microsoft Bribed at PDC 2008 http://techrights.org/2008/11/07/microsoft-bribe-watch/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: twitter http://techrights.org/2008/11/07/microsoft-bribe-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-33538 twitter Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:54:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/07/microsoft-bribe-watch/#comment-33538 M$'s contempt for the people they deal with is shown in their infamous <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20071023002351958" rel="nofollow">"Evagalism is War" memo</a>. Most people would not think of a DVD, hard drive or even a laptop as significant inducement. M$ however does: <blockquote>You have T-shirts or other swag to give to those who sign. lt's amazing what some people will do for a T-shirt.</blockquote> The above is in relation to signing Letters of Agreement, that lock ISVs into M$ technology and out of everything else during what they describe as "the Jihad visit." Good luck getting names, people who accept this kind of gift should feel foolish, especially for an effort as doomed as Vista 7 is. M$’s contempt for the people they deal with is shown in their infamous “Evagalism is War” memo. Most people would not think of a DVD, hard drive or even a laptop as significant inducement. M$ however does:

You have T-shirts or other swag to give to those who sign. lt’s amazing what some people will do for a T-shirt.

The above is in relation to signing Letters of Agreement, that lock ISVs into M$ technology and out of everything else during what they describe as “the Jihad visit.”

Good luck getting names, people who accept this kind of gift should feel foolish, especially for an effort as doomed as Vista 7 is.

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