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:LinuxWorld Magazine: Mono BOF Proposal Turned Down By Microsoft For Second Year Running?
LinuxWorld Magazine: Mono BOF Proposal Turned Down By Microsoft For Second Year Running?
Sep 1, 2005, 00 :15 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (5846 reads)

"'At the last PDC,' Miguel de Icaza notes, 'the Mono BOF had the largest number of votes when half the spots were still available and it got dropped out of the list.' Now it seems that history is about to repeat itself.

"Writing, in his blog, of last year's disappointment, he explains:

"'When I asked the various people in charge what happened they kept pointing fingers at someone else until it reached full circle...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
WTF is BOC? WTF is PDC? Come on, writers ...   Acronyms   
ac
Sep 1, 2005, 00:57:43
 
Yeah right. I thought he knew that long  ...   Suprise   
ac
Sep 1, 2005, 04:04:26
 
> WTF is BOC? WTF is PDC? Come on, write ...   Re: Acronyms   
MaGaO
Sep 1, 2005, 08:12:54
 
After some digging:BoF Birds of a Feathe ...   Re: Acronyms   
BD
Sep 1, 2005, 10:50:02
 
Everyone knows Microsoft doesn't pla ...   Duh.   
Ken Jennings
Sep 1, 2005, 12:45:13
 
> WTF is BOC? WTF is PDC? Come on, write ...   Re: Acronyms   
Leon Gould
Sep 1, 2005, 13:01:14
 
> Oh, and Googling shouldn't take yo ...   Re: Re: Acronyms   
Jeff
Sep 1, 2005, 14:15:06
 
> > WTF is BOC? WTF is PDC? Come on, wri ...   Re: Re: Acronyms   
Dan Hensley
Sep 1, 2005, 14:17:17
 
It was "BOF" - meaning "Birds of a Feath ...   Re: Acronyms   
P.
Sep 7, 2005, 22:32:58
 
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