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Re: [News] Microsoft's Gangsters Pressure Free/Open Source Software Out of Events

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____/ 7 on Saturday 08 November 2008 10:14 : \____

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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft and Salesforce bounce open-source competitors from events
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>> | At last year's EduCause conference, an inside source tells me, Microsoft
>> | refused to sponsor the conference unless the conference organizers
>> | denied Zimbra the opportunity to take a big, prominent booth at the
>> | event.
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>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10083672-16.html
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>> But hey! Why the obsession with Microsoft? What does it ever do to
>> Free(dom) software?!?!
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> Zimbra can now sue both the organisers and the micoshaft for
> predatory business practices.
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> They can also file complaints with EU and US anti-trust regulators
> immediately for future compensation claims and redress.

That would be Yahoo! They have lots more to complaint about. Microsoft slogged
them.

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