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Re: Microsoft's Linux enquiry

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From: Stefan Heimers
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:00
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Matthias Leisi wrote:
> 
> Marc SCHAEFER wrote in ch.comp.os.linux:
> >I just received, at work, a call from Microsoft. They told me I was
> >on a ``Linux user list'' they have, and they asked me why I was using
> 
> Sounds like every spammer's excuse: "you are on our list because
> you showed interest in our products" :(
> 
> >Comments are left to the readers.
> 
> Did they give out any details on the purpose of the survey?

Apparently they want to know what to change in Windows to get some of
the customers back who changed to Linux.

Stefan
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Date: 1999/08/13
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