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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: APC refuses to give out info without NDA
Date: 23 Aug 1994 10:54:30 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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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. 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!
Jordan