[CLUE-Admin] Fwd: posting to Linux mail list

[David Anselmi]

<disclaimer>I'm not subscribed to CLUE-Talk.</disclamer>

CLUE President wrote:
> Any thoughts on forwarding this to clue-talk?
 >
 > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
 >
 > Subject: posting to Linux mail list
 > Date: Thursday 18 December 2003 11:29 pm
 > From: "Michael Surkan"
 >
> I am a program manager in the Microsoft networking group, doing some 
> research around how we can improve our operating systems. My goal is 
> to help us identify capabilities, improvements, and features that 
> Microsoft should be focusing on to help our customers over the next 5
> years or so.

The unanimous consensus on BLUG was not to post it.  Helping MS 
customers does not seem to be in the charter of CLUE-Talk (ultra-liberal 
though it is).

The only thing I (as a Linux user) want to see from MS is to GPL their 
code.  I'm in the RMS "ideology is everything" camp on this one.

As an MS customer (who happens to use Linux), I'm puzzled why they don't 
ask me through their regular customer contact channels.  They've never 
asked me if I'm a Linux user.  They've never asked me what would help 
me.  Curious that they think that Linux users (as in non-MS users?) 
would help their customers.

Dave