[Fsf-friends] Re: DotNet

Re the request by Microsoft to speak at the Hyderabad usergroup on DotNet,

I am not sure what the "Hyderabad usergroup" means, but anyone who advocates freedom should not offer a proprietary software developer a platform to present a practical discussion of a proprietary software product.

Such discussion focuses on the practical characteristics of the software, and therefore makes the implicit assertion that, "There is no ethical issue with this software, therefore the interesting things about it are its technical capabilities and merits/demerits." We need to reject that assumption, and the best way is not to offer them a platform at all.