Interesting,
In the e-mail they mention something about
being in the list because of special offers,
I just can't find one in the e-mail...
Greg
Grzegorz V. Furmanek
greg(at)ttiltd.com
http://www.furmanek.net
ec wrote:
>Oh yeah! A few years ago, I was 'signed up' with M$ as
>an 'employee' of a brain washed OEM'er. Getting
>'swamped' lately by their BS stuff.
>
>From: lines like follows
>
>1. US System Builder Communications
> Microsoft US System Builders: View the Advanced
>Opportunities for Proactive Part...
>
>2. Microsoft
>
>Microsoft U.S. Registered Members: Training &
>Readiness Newsletter
>
>3. Microsoft
>
>Microsoft U.S. Registered Members: Training &
>Readiness Newsletter
>
>Are they getting 'desperate'?? Went for weeks just a
>few weeks ago betwix 'postings'. Now this is just in
>the last 24 hrs.
>
>Hum, wonder if they found out I am running linux and
>getting 'desperate' to 'haul me in'...so to speak??
>Hehehe, good luck 'Charlie'...er Billy Bob!!
>
>--- Charlie Bullen <mandrake@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi, I'm forwarding this email that I just got from
>>someone called
>>Baseline_on_behalf_of_Microsoft. I can't be certian
>>if it really was
>>sent on behalf on Microsoft, but I wouldn't put it
>>past them.
>>
>>Certainly falls in the FUD catagory.
>>
>>Charlie
>>
>>
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject: Considering Linux? Consider the
>>intellectual property risks.
>>Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:57:17 -0400
>>From: Baseline on behalf of
>>Microsoft<Baseline_on_behalf_of_Microsoft@dv10.net>
>>To: Charles Bullen <pcello@mindspring.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Your Email address has not been given to any Third
>>Parties. You have
>>been selected to receive this e-mail
>>because you indicated you wanted to receive
>>information and special
>>offers from other companies
>>when you provided your email address to: Baseline.
>>THE SOFTWARE YOU LICENSE CAN AFFECT YOUR
>>ORGANIZATION IN WAYS YOU MAY
>>NOT HAVE CONSIDERED.
>>
>>
>>Software indemnity provisions may not be top of
>>mind. But the fact is,
>>somebody should be thinking about them. And they
>>should definitely be a
>>factor when choosing software.
>>
>>That being said, you and your company should know
>>that--unlike some Linux
>>vendors--*Microsoft provides customers with uncapped
>>monetary protection
>>against intellectual property suits.* And this isn't
>>some extra
>>protection package that you need to buy into; it's
>>just the way we do
>>business.
>>
>><http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162411&ZXD=1255493> Here's
>>important
>>information on how to help protect your organization
>>from intellectual
>>property risks
>><http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162412&ZXD=1255493>.
>>
>> <http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162413&ZXD=1255493> Here's
>>important
>>information on how to help protect your organization
>>from intellectual
>>property risks. The cost of litigating a relatively
>>modest infrigement
>>easily can exceed $500,000, and often exceeds a
>>million dollars per
>>party. -- Jeff Kushan Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood,
>>LLP
>><http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162414&ZXD=1255493>
>> Microsoft
>>
>> Read the full indemnification policy from Microsoft
>><http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162415&ZXD=1255493>.
>>
>>© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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>>
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>>Microsoft.
>>
>>This e-mail is intended for distribution within the
>>United States.
>>Please contact your local Microsoft Subsidiary for
>>similar offerings
>>outside the U.S.
>>
>>Microsoft Corporation
>>One Microsoft Way
>>Redmond, WA 98052
>>
>>Protect Your PC: 3 steps to help ensure your PC is
>>protected
>>
>>Microsoft wants to help ensure your PC is protected
>>from viruses and
>>worms like Mydoom and Blaster, as well as from
>>future threats. Please go
>>to www.microsoft.com/protect
>><http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162417&ZXD=1255493>
>>and follow these steps today.
>>
>>1. Use an Internet Firewall
>>2. Update Your Computer
>>3. Use Up-to-Date Antivirus Software
>>
>>To get more information and resources about how to
>>help protect your PC,
>>go to www.microsoft.com/protect
>><http://dv10.net/r/?ZXU=162418&ZXD=1255493>.
>>
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