From owner-freebsd-www Fri Jan 22 10:59:32 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA23687 for www-outgoing; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:59:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-www) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA23676 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:59:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) From: paul@originative.co.uk Received: by OCTOPUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 18:57:49 -0000 Message-ID: To: nsayer@quack.kfu.com, www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Windows Refund Day Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 18:57:48 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Sayer [mailto:nsayer@quack.kfu.com] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 2:58 PM > To: www@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Windows Refund Day > > > I think FreeBSD should jump on the Windows Refund Bandwaggon: > > http://www.linuxmall.com/refund/ > Not having ever bought a machine with a Microsoft OS on it I can't actually join in myself :-( I think this is a really good idea though, both as a publicity stunt for FreeBSD and also to raise awareness of the practices Microsoft gets up to. As one of the examples says, it's not the refund it's the principle of the thing. We could link it to a press release or something and make a big splash of it. Paul.