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MS Has Free Software Removed From U.N. Paper

Posted by Zonk on from the dirty-pool dept.

linumax writes "Microsoft asked for references to free software to be removed from a document presented at last week's UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) conference, the software giant admitted on Friday. The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is unhappy that the document was changed and claims that even though it was on the panel discussing the document, it was not made aware of Microsoft's changes. The document (2.8MB PDF), known as the Vienna Conclusions, discusses issues around IT and creativity. The original draft of the document discussed how the free software model is changing the way people do business."

19 of 303 comments (clear)

  1. Just looking out for us by eyebits · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am sure Microsoft was just doing whatever was in our best interest. :)

  2. Re:Fine by LaughingCoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's remove all favourable references to microsoft off slashdot then.

    Both of them?

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  3. Software by SpinJaunt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who needs free-software, when we have Microsoft.

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  4. Re:Fine by plover · · Score: 4, Funny
    Both of them?

    Hmm. I must have missed the other one then. Do you have a link?

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  5. Re:What do you even say to that? by EnderWigginsXenocide · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill and Steve and crew continue to bully the planet.

    DUDE! Watch it, don't piss them off or they'll "fucking bury that [planet], I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill [Earth]."

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  6. Re:thats it... by fade-in · · Score: 3, Funny
    You're just taking your gloves off *now*??

    M$ has been playing dirty since the days Bill posed for "Teen Beat" magazine http://blog.monkeymethods.org/2005/01/bill-gates-s trikes-pose-for-teen-beat.html

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  7. Ok, who's idea was it... by fade-in · · Score: 2, Funny
    ... to include Macro$haft in a discussion about creativity?

    The document (2.8MB PDF), known as the Vienna Conclusions, discusses issues around IT and creativity.
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  8. MS software isn't free? by happymedium · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's odd... My friend BitTorrent tells me most of Microsoft's software is free, too. I wonder why they'd act against their own interests like this?

  9. So, what do you suggest? by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 2, Funny

    A free verse rap-off between Steve Balmer and Richard Stallman?

  10. Re:What do you even say to that? by IdleTime · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Film at eleven"

    No thanks! It's DRM'ed!

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  11. Re:Stage 3: fight by Scrameustache · · Score: 1, Funny

    Guess the "ignore us" and "laugh at us" phases are officially over.

    Well, they're making others do their ignoring, it seems.

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  12. Re:Fine by Cow+Jones · · Score: 2, Funny
    Here is another favorable Microsoft reference for you to remove:

    Even here on Slashdot, Microsoft once again demonstrate their superior skills. Look! linux.slashdot.org is still in BLACK AND WHITE, while microsoft.slashdot.org has a family-friendly modern green COLOR theme!

    Of course, linspire.slashdot.org is already copying the MS look & feel...

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  13. Found your link by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6179&cid=98276 4
    Hey now, microsoft doesn't suck all the time

    I program for a living. I realize that C++ is faster and cleaner, and yada yada yada, and I actually prefer to program in it. However, the last time I wrote a fully featured, robust application in less than a week(graphics automation, like debabelizer) it was in VB....
    But seriously though, googling for "Microsoft doesn't suck" on Slashdot brings up three results, of which two are the same.
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  14. Re:thats it... by vsprintf · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only way to fight a rabid dog is to put it down. Use a gun!

    But Atticus Finch, who used the gun, was a really a lawyer. The reversed symbolism here is killing me. Can somebody please bring in an English Lit professor from the EFF to clear this up?

  15. Basically by Xerp · · Score: 2, Funny

    That sounds like a very reasonable thing to do. It means that Microsoft can put forward a solid, well though out and reasoned debate. In essence, what Microsoft are saying is this:

    "Nyeh, nyeh, nyeh - I can't hear you, I can't hear you!"

  16. Re:Fine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It was a dupe.

  17. Is there a record of Microsoft's activities? by lanner · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would be very interested in having a reference of all negative things Microsoft has done. Is there such a thing? I've googled around for a few minutes, but have not yet found anything that lists it all.

  18. Re:Top 10 Ways to "play dirty" with Microsoft: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    2. Teach your kids Linux. This is the easiest - kids will absorb Linux like little sponges, all you have to do is install it and stand back.

    This is easy?

    Since when do /.ers have kids?

    Maybe if they adopt...

  19. Re:Fine by sklender · · Score: 5, Funny
    Both of them?

    Hmm. I must have missed the other one then. Do you have a link?

    No need... it was a dupe.