[Am-info] Global Resistance

[Mitch Stone]

--- From a message sent by madodel@ptdprolog.net on 11/6/01 4:02 AM ---

>Why don't organizations like Consumer's Union at least mention there are
>alternatives to windoze in their magazines?  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.

Good luck -- I've written to Consumers Union about this issue, to no 
avail. I notice they're going on the record about the antitrust issues 
more often, but they have yet to write a single article about this in 
Consumer Reports.

 Mitch Stone  
 mitch@accidentalexpert.com