From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 20 16:31:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13711 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:31:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA13706 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:31:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id QAA09660; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:29:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id QAA26118; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:29:34 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id RAA24760; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:29:33 -0700 Message-ID: <3656096D.26C39B31@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:29:33 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: Kelly Yancey , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tell Micro$oft what you think :) References: <3655BC23.E2C441D1@freedomnet.com> <19981121095223.G1005@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey wrote: > > I do not use Microsoft products, which I consider of inferior quality > and functionality. The fact that the network connection hung twice > while I was trying to fill in this page confirms my opinion. > > As such, I should not be interested in what happens to your company. > But I am. Due to your predatory practices, I find it more and more > difficult to get technical information and software which works on my > machines: you are stifling what you call ``the freedom to innovate''. > You are a nuisance. I have seen nothing technically useful come out > of your company in a decade, and I sincerely hope that the DoJ will at > least stop you in your attempts to change the shape of the industry to > your advantage. Beyond that, I am not interested in what happens to > your company. > > Greg Lehey You were much nicer than I, though equally civil. I politely pointed out that I *have* written to my Senator with regards to Microsoft predatory practices a number of times, and asked if perhaps they have heard of him; his name is Orrin Hatch. ;^) -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message