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Re: [PLUG] Drexel MCS Society Debate
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On Thu, May 19, 2005 10:16 pm, eric@lucii.org said:
> Thanks to you PLUG folk that showed up at the debate and to all who
> helped me prepare in this forum. I felt reasonably prepared (well I
> _did_ kind of read Jon's PDA email almost verbatim.) I had fun doing it
> and feel like I got the Linux/Open Source case across fairly well. It
> helps that the audience appeared to be 98% Linux users :-)
>
> Alex from Microsoft was a bit abrasive at times but overall seemed
> fairly reasonable. What did you observers think? I found out when
> speaking with him before the debate that his job is to go to colleges in
> the Delaware Valley area and promote Microsoft tools and products! He
> drives a BMW so evidently it pays well. I did not know I'd be up
> against a professional "hit man".
>
> My wife attended and said I was a bit too nice when he got kind of
> snotty. I told her that I do NOT respond in kind to attitude stuff
> because it just escalates without any ultimate benefit to the audience.
> I did get off a good one when he was repeatedly denigrating "Linux" for
> having so many different installers compared to the nice, easy installer
> for Windows. I told him it was good that Windows installs easily
> because I've had to re-install windows dozens of times! :-) That got a
> laugh.
>
> In retrospect I wish I had the time to brush up on the various types
> of licenses. Ah, well.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Eric
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Congratulations on the debate! I think it went fairly ok...I felt that you
could've been a bit more aggressive, especially since he was at times. You
did come up with good points, and you were well prepared. As a speaker he
seemed a lot more loose, which is normal since he does this for a living.
He was actually at Drexel last term to give a talk about M$. If I knew it
was him I would've warned you. I do feel like on security and install we
could've made Linux seem better, but overall I think you did a good job.
Thank you for volunteering to participare and doing a good job!
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