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Old November 28th, 2002, 01:11 AM
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Microsoft supports the fsf
Has anybody heard about this?

http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2002supporters.html

The fsf has listed m$ as a 'Supporter' which mean they donated 100-499$. Flirting with the enemy?
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What on earth...... you think with all their millions they wouldve donated more than $100-499!
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lol, I'd say someone is having laugh out there. I bet it's just individual who signed up as ms co and donated 101 dollars just for heck of it. I would if I had spare hun and had this idea come to my mind...
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lol, reminds me of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation's unwitting donation to train a bunch of Maine teachers on Apple laptops running Mac OSX.
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The title sounds official but I don't know if the fsf actually checks to see if the names are accurate. Who would bother for only 100-500$ anyway?!
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