Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:20:31 -0800 From: "John Purser" <johnmpurser@home.com> To: "'J McKitrick'" <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: amazon email response Message-ID: <000901bf95ac$e09c0ca0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20000324150922.A89498@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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That's the same form letter I got when I closed my account a month or so ago. One really funny part about this situation is in Jeff Bezos's letter to Tim O'Reilly. Jeff claims that he will only enforce the patent against businesses that have acted in an anti-competitive manner! I started recommending Powells as an alternative to Amazon but read in the paper this morning that they're embroiled in a labor dispute. It's a "Union Shop or not" issue which I'm not comfortable supporting or fighting (no clear bad guy) so I'm looking for an alternative for online book buying. I'm trying to avoid the big guys and I want a good selection, rapid shipping, and a good web site. In short, Amazon without the patent issue. Anybody got any suggestions? John Purser *********************************************************************** Currently boycotting Amazon.com To find out why visit: http://perl.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/amazon_patent.comments.pl For an alternative visit: http://www.powells.com/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of J McKitrick Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 7:09 AM To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: amazon email response Hope this come out right.. i'm using attachments.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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