OT-Make more noise.

From: alex (radsky_at_ncia.net)
Date: 12/16/03

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    All you guys who complain about not being able to purchase computers
    that can run Linux.....
    Why are you complaining to each other? You send an occasional
    complaint to a vendor or
    manufacturer which is ignored. Make it a mass mailing, form letter
    or whatever. Make it
    known that it's not just a few Linux users out there.......it's world
    wide....many thousands..
    $$$$$$$$

    If you had something that you'd like your representative or senator to
    propose to Congress,
    what would be the best way to contact him/her, letters from a few
    individuals or a a multitude
    of petitions signed by many constituents.? Use the same approach with
    computer vendors
    and manufacturers. Make it a coordinated effort so that the mail
    floods the recipients'
    mailboxes and not just one time but many times..

    The way it is now, there's really not much incentive for dealers and
    manufacturers to cater to
    Linux users because their voices are too weak .The number of Linux users
    just seems too small
    so there's not much reaon to sell anything but Windows.and it's not
    worth ($$$$) the effort to
    test for Linux compatibility and advertise it., whether it's just one
    flavor of Linux or more than one.
    Make a noise that cannot be ignored..
       
    If just one computer is advertised as guaranteed to be compatibile with
    just one Linux system,
    how long will it be before there'll be computers guaranteed to be
    compatible with any Linux system?
    .
    alex
    alex . 

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