[Am-info] Global Resistance

[John Poltorak]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 07:02:10AM -0500, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
> Why don't organizations like Consumer's Union at least mention there are
> alternatives to windoze in their magazines?  

Because they don't know!

People have been brainwashed into thinking that Windows is an absolute 
requirement for using a PC. After all, you buy a brand new computer, 
switch it on, and you see those nice fluffy clouds immediately. No one 
asked if you wanted Windows with your PC. You didn't have to install it so 
it must be part of your computer...

The concept of the 'Microsoft Tax' is lost on most people because they 
think Windows comes free with their computer or is somehow built in.

> CU claims they want to help
> people to "buy wisely and avoid waste". Yet CU only ever mentions windoze
> and Apple in their computer reviews.   And they always refer to PCs as
> "Windows machines".  As if that is the only operating system for them.
> 
> Maybe targeting Consumer Reports to get them to at least acknowledge and
> perhaps review alternatives to the m$ monopoly might help start the ball
> rolling in making people aware that there is a way off the Microsoft
> treadmill.

The problem is knowing which consumer group to pick. There seem to be so 
many and if everyone picks a different group then you are perceived as a 
lone troublemaker or eccentric without a legitimate complaint.

Isn't Ralph Nader some big shot consumer group leader? I thought he was at 
the forefront of anti-MS activity among conumer groups some time ago.

 
> Mark
> 
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-- 
John