[ALUG] In response to Microsoft ...

[(Ted Harding)]

On 27-Dec-07 22:19:26, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 18:59 +0000, Ted.Harding at manchester.ac.uk wrote:
>> Hi Folks (and apologies to anyone who receives this
>> via more than one route),
>> 
>> I have just enjoyed reading a letter, described as
>> being sent from Peruvian Congressman David Villanueva
>> Nuñez to Microsoft Peru, in response tgo Microsoft's
>> objections to a Peruvian Govt Bill mandating open-source
>> software for all public bureaux.
>> 
> Interesting although am I the only person that is slightly alarmed by
> the authenticity of this given that the original sources seem to have
> vanished ? (the link in the story 404's and the frontpage of the same
> domain seems to be a standard cluster of random sponsored links)
> 
> Wouldn't be the first time the reg have failed to check their sources
>:)

No, you're not! (Note that I wrote "described as ... ").
The Register web page itself said "purportedly from Peruvian
Congressman ... ".

Nonetheless, if it was not written by a Peruvian Congressman
to MicroSoft Peru, then I wish it had been! Just contemplating
that possibility gives me a glow!

Cheers,
Ted.

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Date: 27-Dec-07                                       Time: 22:53:16
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