From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 30 17:50:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA17228 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:50:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from m4.sprynet.com (m4.sprynet.com [165.121.1.96]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA17223 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:50:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from linux.max5.com (dbotton@ad62-101.compuserve.com [199.174.191.101]) by m4.sprynet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA09226 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:48:27 -0800 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:59:12 -0500 (EST) From: David Botton To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SONY DAT DRIVES - NOT SUPPORTED for "UNIX" - BUYER BEWARE !!! In-Reply-To: <199610302307.RAA06195@compound.Think.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Tony Kimball wrote: > Quoth Charles Henrich on Wed, 30 October: > : Because of one bad tech rep you blacklist a company? > > No, because of demonstrated enmity for essential principles of human > cooperation, I will boycott not only Sony DAT drives, but Sony TVs, > radios, etc. > Only with the collective efforts of the Freeware world will corporations take our efforts seriously, and that means a response to those who don't invest enough in educating there personnel to understand the difference between Shareware and Freeware. Corporations like Sony stand to gain the most from the efforts of Freeware to prevent Monolithic Mega Corporations from controlling all facets of our life not just what software and hardware we may use. Big Brother is watching and with patience and perseverance, he will control. BTW, just to give you an idea, there is now a version of Windows called Windows NC for embedded systems. Expect it in your toaster soon..... David Botton President --------------------------------------- M A X 5 Business and presentation software. --------------------------------------- If I am not for me who will be for me; If I am for myself what am I; If not now when. -- Rabbi Hillel