Title: | Did MS Pay for Open-Source Scare? |
URL: | http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html |
author: | Michelle Delio |
date: | 2002-06-05 |
aid: | 1216 |
"It is not our policy to comment on supporters; I'm sure you can understand. From this you should not infer that information you have is correct or not correct; we just don't comment," Fossedal wrote in an e-mail.-- Gregory Fossedal, 2002-06-05
"We support a diverse array of public policy organizations with which we share a common interest or public policy agenda such as the de Tocqueville Institution," the spokesman wrote in an e-mail.-- Microsoft PR, 2002-06-05
"These folks really need to be more straight-forward about this," security researcher Richard Smith said. "Not commenting makes it appear as if they have something to hide."
[...] "I would really like to see rigorous testing with hard statistics and not mere speculation on an issue as serious as this," Smith said.-- Richard Smith, 2002-06-05