Re: [SLE] (OT?) Canon et al

From: Fred A. Miller (fmiller_at_lightlink.com)
Date: 09/27/05

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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:45:42 -0400

    On Monday 26 September 2005 9:28 am, Mike Roy wrote:
    > Hello everyone:
    > Recently there's been a number of posts complaining about
    > the lack of open source / Linux support by different manufacturers, such
    > as Canon and Lexmark. Some of you suggested a boycott of those
    > companies that are reluctant to support Linux. I agree that the boycott
    > can, and is, a powerful tool especially when the numbers grow to such as
    > extent that they can't be ignored by the offending company. However,
    > boycotting a company or product but never alerting the company of the
    > boycott is fruitless - they can hardly change their position if they
    > don't know of the boycott.

    True........I've complained before, and often they don't even reply. An
    "official" type complaint that lets them KNOW that there is a large boycott
    in place WOULD have much more meaning.

    Fred 

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