Dear MicroSoft...
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| number6x Aug 25, 2005 4:35 AM EDT |
Dear Microsoft, Thank you for your interesting proposal, but I believe that you are requesting a partnership with the wrong open source group. Please review OSDL's mission statement. You will see that OSDL has three main goals. http://www.osdl.org/about_osdl It could be that, at first glance, you interpreted point one to be about the kind of testing in support of marketing that your proposal speaks to. This is not true. OSDL is dedicated to enterprise class testing that supports projects developed in the Linux Community. Microsoft may not be familiar with this kind of testing, but we assure you that it is an industry standard practice in much of IT. If Microsoft has software products that it would like to port to the GNU/Linux platform and if you want the products tested for things like quality assurance, stability, security, interoperability with other software, and adherence to international standards, OSDL would be the perfect candidate. However, it is not part of our mission to engage in testing in support of marketing. Thank you again for your interest in OSDL, and when you are ready to port or create software for Open Source platforms such as GNU/Linux, please review OSDL's membership and affiliate programs. http://groups.osdl.org/join/#member We would be more than happy to help you learn about the kinds of testing we help our partners, members, and affiliates conduct to ensure quality, stability, security, dependability, and interoperability. We look forward to that time, and wish you luck in your search for an open source organization that wants to join with you in your marketing venture. Sincerely, OSDL |
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