I'm a bit torn on this... A lot of us are admins or developers who work in mixed OS environs. The idea of pulling people from both Linux and Windows sides to maybe help mesh them is a positive to me. The point of Ubuntu though has always seemed to me to create access to Linux for the everyday end user - and the idea of free software. <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy</a> Why shouldn't we bring this idea to Microsoft? On the other hand... The Free Software idea undermines the core corporate policies/drives of Microsoft (from my perspective at least). This could very easily be viewed as an attempt to undermine them and I would hesitate to go into a position that could cause any conflict. I wouldn't mind it, as long as it was clear to them who/what we are and do but I would probably be more comfortable finding another alternative. Just my .02$ -Chris <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Samuel Murphy <<a href="mailto:samuel.murphy@gmail.com">samuel.murphy@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im"> <div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> What do people think? Regards, MArtin</blockquote><div> </div></div></div>I was at a community event there a few weeks ago, the MSfolk seemed totally cool about demos shown on Firefox or linux based. It is an amazing location, do look for the beanbag chairs in the shape of stream pebbles. My cynical spidy sense suspects that the Cambridge 'lab' comes from an MS exec reading something like 'The Art of War' and following the suggestion "keep your friends close... and your enemies closer" But heck, take advantage of it. -Sam -- Ubuntu-us-ma mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-ma@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ma</a> </blockquote></div>