[Osmf-talk] false Microsoft "big dollars" rumour

[Steve Coast]

On Apr 9, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Guttorm Flatabø wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>  
> That's not the case. Microsoft sponsored SOTM 2011. Microsoft also hosted the OSMF in-person board meeting in, I think, November?
> 
>  [snip]
> 
> > Board member Richard Fairhurst has already said on the talk list that "I'm not aware of any announcement being made or (say) any formal contact this year between Microsoft and OSMF.", but I think more is required.
>  
> Perhaps that's because board member Richard didn't attend SOTM 2011 or the in-person board meeting and was therefore unaware of the support?
> 
> "this year" isn't 2011 any more, so unless there's been "formal contact [...] between Microsoft and OSMF" in 2012, that part of Richard's statement looks entirely fine to me.

I'm so sorry that I took the word year to mean the past 12 months and not the past 4 or so.

Obviously that completely changes everything.

Steve