“My trip was sponsored by the Macedonian magazine publication,
PCInfo+, and I was invited to speak at an event they
called ExpoCom. This event was originally expanded to be a full
week long. However, when it was announced I was coming to speak on
software freedom, a number of vendors and speakers withdrew and
ExpoCom was shortened by a few days. I learned this was because the
Microsoft Adriatic representative and the local Microsoft reseller
in Macedonia had contacted the speakers and vendors who were going
to attend, and requested they withdraw from ExpoCom and offered
other considerations if they would do so.“PCInfo+ had at one time been a more traditional PC
magazine much like PC Week or similar publications that
cover proprietary software and hardware. When Igor become managing
editor, and I think it was some two years ago, he focused attention
and coverage on GNU/Linux, and the local hacker community. The
immediate result of this was the Adriatic Microsoft rep asked their
Macedonian reseller to stop future advertising in
PCInfo+…”
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