Re: [Hampshire] MS Bashing Re: Don't tell Bill

Paul Stimpson wrote:
> Can it be made plain in the submission rules that the purpose of it
> isn't to bash MS. I could see how anyone who is rabidly anti-Redmond
> might see the name and take it as an encouragement to do so.
>
yes it will be. I don't mind jokes at Microsoft's expense, or the
occasional cost comparison, but I want to keep it as a positive campaign
about how great Free software is, and how more people should know about it.
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>> I really don't want this to be about Microsoft, or any other proprietary
>> software vendor. It is about all the great Free software that is
>> available that people need to know about so they can save money doing
>> the things they already do, and do more for less. "Bill" has no surname
>> and no specific company affiliation, it isn't about "Bill" any more than
>> the British gas selloff was about "Sid".
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> Does "Bill" have to be a person? Could it not also be a document?
> (Software Bill) Thinking along the lines of a huge, fat licensing bill
> for office apps and OS licenses - "Don't tell Bill... He's going on a diet."
>
interesting idea, but I don't want it to get too hung up on free as in beer.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
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