From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 30 05:39:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA24847 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 05:39:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from enigma.PTM.com (enigma.PTM.com [12.8.228.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA24842 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 05:39:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james@ptm.com) Received: from smart.PTM.com (florida.PTM.com [12.8.228.130]) by enigma.PTM.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id IAA19613; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 08:36:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from DATACENTER1 by smart.PTM.com via smtpd (for PTM.com [12.8.228.153]) with SMTP; 30 Jan 1999 13:39:59 UT Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 08:40:09 -0500 Message-ID: <01BE4C2C.25297AE0.james@ptm.com> From: James Capone Reply-To: "linuxos@iname.com" To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" , "'info@caldera.com'" , "'webmaster@debian.org'" , "'mandrake@Linux-Mandrake.com'" , "'info@cdrom.com'" , "'info@wgs.com'" To: "'info@pht.com'" , "'suse@suse.de'" Subject: Re:Please Read , Very Important , About Linux/Unix OS Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 08:40:08 -0500 Organization: Pro Tech Monitoring X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Please Answer to this email. The other one has a incorrect email address on it. Sorry about that. It was my fault. Again I am sorry about that. On Saturday, January 30, 1999 6:37 AM, James Capone [SMTP:james@ptm.com] wrote: > linuxos@iname.com > > PERSONAL > Attention: > > > > > > > Dear Sir or Madam: > Subject: Freedom Of Choice. > > The reason I am writing you today is a very good one. I am not asking for any money or Donations in that Matter. I am asking for your support and help in a big matter. > > The matter at hand is that people out there have no choice of what type of Operating System they can have in their computers. It is making a lot of people UPSET. When we see ads on T.V about a company that will build you a computer from you specifications we get a little giddy about it. Well I am tired of being told "NO" by these companies. I want to have the choice of what OS goes in to my Computer. Be it Windows, or a Linux based system. They clearly state in the Ads and on the Web "We will build you a computer to fit your needs." Well no they will not. > > I am not saying that Windows is a Bad OS. BUT it isn't for everyone. What about those of us that want the Linux or Unix based OS. We cant have it Pre-Installed. No we have to pay for it to get the Computer we want. Then we must spend time deleting the system from the computer. We all know of the EULA loophole. The problem is by the time you Finally see some of that Money it isn't nearly worth what you paid for the Software you don't want. And you have to fight for Months to get it. Sure you can file a claim with the Fair Trade Commission, Even then it will take time. > > What I am doing is having people fill out a short form on my webpage to send to these Computer makers and vendors. It is about time that they start to live up to their Ads. If we choose to spend our Hard earned money with them we should have a Choice. What I am doing is gathering all the email from these people. I then will send it to the companies VIA my own Email account. I will send it to the Companies once I hit around 50-100 emails per company. If all the people on the net send companies email every so often, They shrug it off. If they receive around 100+ emails at one time, they start to read. So please I ask for your support in this effort, Help us have the "FREEDOM OF CHOICE" Please see my webpage for more information. The url is www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux/company.html . I also have Linux Mall and IACT as supporters. I think it would be great to have the makers of the software that we all so love to support this worthy cause also. > > Respectfully yours, > > James J. Capone > WebMaster > Linux Info. www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux > J.J.C > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message