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From: jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr)
Subject: Re: APC refuses to give out info without NDA
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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 04:28:07 GMT
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Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: In article <jmonroyCuwv3J.HpB@netcom.com>,
: Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote:
: >Craig Metz (cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu) wrote:
: >:
: >: :: [deleted stuff] ::
: >:
: >: I strongly suggest that people interested in an UPS for Linux
: >: put significant bias against APC in their purchasing considerations. I am
: >: going to be buying from Best Power, who not only fully documents their
: >: :: [deleted stuff] ::
: >:
: > Might I recommend to Mr. Metz (and any others)
: > that this type of critisium is uncalled for.
: Not at all, Jesus - this is called "voting with your wallet" and is
: a perfectly legimate way of letting a company know that some group
: of people dislikes its policies.
:
NO it's not. It's called tyeing to vote with someone else's
wallet. (please excuse my bad writing.. but this is getting old.)
: If this group of people is large,
: it may induce the company to change its ways. If it's not, then the
: company doesn't really CARE about the boycott either way and it's
: a moot point. I'm not usually one to jump on the bandwagon for every
: boycott that comes along ("What do you mean I shouldn't buy grapes, fish,
: meat, coffee, rice, wallpaper, chilean condoms, motor oil, ...??"), but
: on the other hand, I'm all for making companies wake up and realize that
: "Open Computing" is more than just a buzzphrase. It certainly makes my
: life a lot easier when they do!
:
That's never been my damm point, Jordan.
I agree with you (and others) that the numbers will prove
us out. But for heavens sake, Let's be professional
at this, not a bunch of slobbering banner waving idiots.
Let's change change this subject. I think we are only
in violent agreement.
--
Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com
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