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I think this is a great gesture. One, it's from Microsoft Germany, which in my mind makes it seem more genuine. (High open source adoption, and I would be surpr

I think this is a great gesture. One, it's from Microsoft Germany, which in my mind makes it seem more genuine. (High open source adoption, and I would be surprised if it was blessed by Redmond.) Two, it acknowledges the Halloween memos. This could have easily been left out. Three, it's a cake. This new(?) cake tradition seems to say, "regardless of politics and history, cheers to you and your team on your achievements". Finally, I don't think anyone can deny that Linux supporters have historically been brash and rude in the past when talking about Micro$ux Winblows. The rock at the window doesn't seem so out of place.

rbanffy 15y ago
I don't know about Germans, but I tend to be rude whit people who repeatedly try to destroy everything I work for and believe in. They make the Halloween docs look like a prank gone wrong instead of the vicious attempt to sabotage the free and open-source marketplace. I'm not sure if that counts as acknowledgment. For what I know of Microsoft internals, the people responsible may even believe it.
- zizee 15y ago
  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents
valisystem 15y ago
This gesture is just a PR operation with full benefit to microsoft. Microsoft has been bullying Linux and Open Source communities with big communication and legal budgets. Some of the target where big corporations, but most of the damage hurt physical people that attempted to earn their live under ethics and morales that seemed to bring a better world for everyone. Imagine if a big nuclear corporation came to greenpeace and tell them "cheers to you" "regardless of politics and history". It just looks the same way to me. The worst part is to depict Linux and Open Source people has equal bullier that microsoft. I can't see anything else but an attempt to bring the enemy as low as they are in the public mind.

rbanffy 15y ago

I don't know about Germans, but I tend to be rude whit people who repeatedly try to destroy everything I work for and believe in. They make the Halloween docs look like a prank gone wrong instead of the vicious attempt to sabotage the free and open-source marketplace. I'm not sure if that counts as acknowledgment. For what I know of Microsoft internals, the people responsible may even believe it.

zizee 15y ago
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents

valisystem 15y ago

This gesture is just a PR operation with full benefit to microsoft. Microsoft has been bullying Linux and Open Source communities with big communication and legal budgets. Some of the target where big corporations, but most of the damage hurt physical people that attempted to earn their live under ethics and morales that seemed to bring a better world for everyone. Imagine if a big nuclear corporation came to greenpeace and tell them "cheers to you" "regardless of politics and history". It just looks the same way to me. The worst part is to depict Linux and Open Source people has equal bullier that microsoft. I can't see anything else but an attempt to bring the enemy as low as they are in the public mind.