Opensource.org: Halloween VIII: Doing the Damage-Control Dance

Jan 03, 2003, 16:00 (26 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Eric S. Raymond)

"Everybody remember the Gandhi quote?

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

"Gentlemen and ladies, this newest leaked memo from Microsoft confirms that we are advancing through GandhiCon Three. As usual, highlights are in red and comments are in {green, also bracketed for the color-blind}. Also as usual, the memo is otherwise unedited and exactly as I received it, with one exception: in the text version I was sent, the last bullet item was inexplicably positioned after the sender sig 'Orlando'.

"Some analysis follows the memo..."

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