[LUGSB] MS employee posting to list

[Paul C Bors]

Yeah tell them to rewrite window from scratch, and thistime to get it right
too :)

~ Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark" <markdrago at mail.com>
To: "Lugsb" <lugsb at fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: [LUGSB] MS employee posting to list


> I just got an email from an employee at Microsoft by the name Michael
> Surkan.  He was asking if I thought it was appropriate for him to send
> an email on the LUG's mailing list to "help us identify capabilities,
> improvements, and features that Microsoft should be focusing on the help
> our customers over the next 5 years or so."  So, I said that I was okay
> with it as long as he "not try
> to sell anything to the members of the list.  That is, don't try and
> sell any actual product, and don't try and get us to use Microsoft
> products if we choose not to."  As the administrator of the list I still
> have total control over what any _non-member_ sends on the list.  So,
> when he does send something out, I'll be able to decide if it is benign
> enough to be sent down the line to you guys.  I just ask that if he does
> send an email out on our list that we respond with respect.  If
> Microsoft is genuinely looking for advice from Linux users as to what
> they can do to improve their products, then we should be kind enough to
> answer them.  I've included the correspondence I've had with him so far.
>
> --Mark.
>
>
>


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