Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Re: Request for critique of a MS

[tompoe <tompoe@aether.raven.cxm>]

Hi:  Well worth the effort.  Remarkably clear, effective and stunning!

There's a whole campaign in that statement, and I suspect others will
build on what seul-edu and schoolforge have put in place. Can't wait to
see the response when this goes out.
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
http://renotahoe.pm.org/

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Douglas Loss wrote:

 >
 >
 > -------- Original Message --------
 > Subject: Re: Request for critique of a MS rebuttal
 > Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 17:32:41 -0500
 > From: Dean Pannell <dinotrac@dinotrac.com>
 > Reply-To: dinotrac@dinotrac.com
 > To: Douglas Loss <drloss@suscom.net>
 > References: <3CD2FF9E.5040107@suscom.net>
 >
 > Here are some ideas of how I might approach it (up to about halfway
 > through your piece).  Feel free to steal as much or as little as you'd
 > like.
 >
 > Dean
 >
 >   LINUX ENABLES SAFE COMPUTER DONATIONS TO SCHOOLS
 >
 > The Internet, Thursday, 02 May 2002: In an official announcement from
 > the SEUL group today, spokesman Leon Brooks cleared up confusion
 > created by Microsoft's misleading draconian statements on the
 > acceptance of donated computers by schools and other needy 
organisations.
 >
 > "Microsoft claims that it is a legal requirement that pre-installed
 > operating systems remain with the computer for the life of the
 > computer,"he said.  "Like viruses and security issues, that problem is
 > a Microsoft problem, not a computing problem."
 >
 > Nobody should use any  Microsoft software in violation of the
 > Microsoft license and the easiest way to avoid that, especially for
 > someone working with donated equipment, is to avoid Microsoft software.
 >
 > The reasons become clear when you think about the nature of donated
 > equipment.  First, you can never be completely sure that a donated
 > computer is in compliance with its license.  Has the mother board been
 > swapped out? Did the installed OS start out on another machine
 > altogether?  Microsoft's policy of tying software licenses to machines
 > and their aggressive enforcement practices combine to make
 > Microsoft software a poor and dangerous choice for powering
 > donated computers.
 >
 > Fortunately, there is a safe, powerful and flexible alternative.
 > Better still, it's free.
 >
 >
 > Using Linux, OpenOffice.org and other Open Source  software, you...
 >
 > and so on and so forth.
 >
 >
 > --
 > Doug Loss          As long as I have you there is just
 > drloss@suscom.net  one other thing I'll always need--
 > (570) 326-3987     tremendous self control.
 >                            Ashleigh Brilliant
 >
 >




-- 
Doug Loss          As long as I have you there is just
drloss@suscom.net  one other thing I'll always need--
(570) 326-3987     tremendous self control.
                           Ashleigh Brilliant