Fw: Re: [seul-edu] School count

[Douglas Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] School count
> From: "Satyakam Goswami" <goswami@archeanit.com>
> To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
> 
> > Is this really a good thing to do? One company, which I
> > leave unnamed, keeps track of these things. They then use
> > these lists to show to their sales managers that they are
> > losing money. That company has the position that Linux is
> > fine for studying in the university but should not go beyond
> > the university gates. It is, then, the job of the sales
> manager
> > to a) find work for the creator of the site b) find work for
> > the collaborators c) give free copies of software to the
> schools
> > so that they continue to use a different OS. d) advertise by
> > any means to the local people that Linux is not as
> desirable.
> hmm we would like to know about the companies credentials,
> so that we will bycott them and there products in future...
> > 
> > This is not speculation, flames, or whatever. It is not
> information I
> > received from Linux users. It is all from the directives of
> > recent meetings for sales managers worldwide.
> yes this is what happens in those meetings , but these ppl
> don't 
> realize that resistance is futile ;-)
> 
> cheers
> S.Goswami
> 
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