Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:50:04 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux as a Mozilla total reference platform Message-ID: <3556594C.26E2C134@ibm.net> References: <199805102109.OAA00664@rah.star-gate.com>
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Amancio Hasty wrote: > For the short term we need a nice letter to send to the DOJ and to > the State Attorneys asking them to block Win98 until Microsoft and > hardware friends allow support for Open Source OS platforms . We can > cite that Ralph Nader's request to PC hardware vendors went totally > unheard and that this is just another example of the iron-grip > hold that microsoft has on the industry. Can we change that, Amancio? I'd much rather they let W98 go out IF they insist that freeware be included as an alternative and that the mfrs not be allowed to ship 98 pre-installed. That way, we compete on an equal basis, and there has to be a choice before the user starts to play. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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