Re: [SLUG] Microsoft Survey

From: Bill Triplett (btt@nethouse.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 17:37:34 EST


On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 04:33:33PM -0500, Bill wrote:
> A company is calling around doing an "open source survey". It is for
> an internal report for MSFT. Since MSFT is likely using multiple
> companies to do this research and since I am fully aware that MSFT
> reps read this mailing list, I decline to mention the name of the
> company doing the research.
>
> Their contact list is at least two years old ... they had an old
> email address of mine ... probably back when I was still a "preferred
> customer".
>
> The rep did not acknowledge that the survey was for MSFT until
> confronted directly. Just ask yourself this ... what open source
> company has the funds to pay someone to do phone surveys all over the
> US?

What sort of questions were they asking?

Bill



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