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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."

8 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. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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?

  7. 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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  8. 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.