From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Nov 21 03:11:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA02366 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 03:11:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alphazed.com (magrathea.alphazed.com [207.173.202.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA02361 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 03:11:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@AlphaZed.com) Received: (qmail 10662 invoked from network); 21 Nov 1998 11:11:08 -0000 Received: from dannyl.dircon.co.uk (HELO gw.uk.alphazed.com) (194.112.43.62) by magrathea.alphazed.com with SMTP; 21 Nov 1998 11:11:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 5563 invoked from network); 21 Nov 1998 11:15:07 -0000 Received: from milliard.uk.alphazed.com (HELO AlphaZed.com) (204.130.161.1) by gw.uk.alphazed.com with SMTP; 21 Nov 1998 11:15:07 -0000 Message-ID: <36569EDE.B728B693@AlphaZed.com> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 11:07:10 +0000 From: daniel lawrence Organization: AlphaZed, Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wes Peters CC: Greg Lehey , Kelly Yancey , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tell Micro$oft what you think :) References: <3655BC23.E2C441D1@freedomnet.com> <19981121095223.G1005@freebie.lemis.com> <3656096D.26C39B31@softweyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > I do not use Microsoft products, which I consider of inferior quality > > and functionality. The fact that the network connection hung twice > > while I was trying to fill in this page confirms my opinion. > > > > As such, I should not be interested in what happens to your company. > > But I am. Due to your predatory practices, I find it more and more > > difficult to get technical information and software which works on my > > machines: you are stifling what you call ``the freedom to innovate''. > > You are a nuisance. I have seen nothing technically useful come out > > of your company in a decade, and I sincerely hope that the DoJ will at > > least stop you in your attempts to change the shape of the industry to > > your advantage. Beyond that, I am not interested in what happens to > > your company. > > > > Greg Lehey > > You were much nicer than I, though equally civil. I politely pointed > out that I *have* written to my Senator with regards to Microsoft > predatory practices a number of times, and asked if perhaps they have > heard of him; his name is Orrin Hatch. > > ;^) > > -- > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > > Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 > Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com Why be civil? I told them I hope the government kicks their ass, and that no matter what the outcome, I will still never EVER run M$ software on any machine I have control over. -- daniel lawrence AlphaZed, Ltd mailto:danny@AlphaZed.COM http://uk.AlphaZed.COM +44 (0)1322 410 419 London To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message