[Am-info] Re: Thank you but remember OS/2 - eCS

[James Love]

Thanks for the feedback!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Gaines" <gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com>
To: "James Love" <love@cptech.org>
Cc: "AM-INFO" <am-info@lists.essential.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: Thank you but remember OS/2 - eCS


: James Love
: Director
: Consumer Project on Technology
: P.O. Box 19367, Washington DC 20036
: www.cptech.org
:
: Dear Jamie,
:
: Speaking for at least a few of the people on the AM-INFO
: listserv, I wish to both:
:
:    (1) applaud your and Ralph Nader's recent communications
:        to government officials pointing out that being aware
:        of monopoly-encouraging impact of purchasing software
:        from Microsoft which in fact has no competition and
:        accepting licensing terms which eliminate competition,
:        at http://www.cptech.org/at/ms/omb4jun02ms.html, and
:
:    (2) chide you for not mentioning, in your list of alternative
:        software, one of the most important and highest quality
:        operating systems on the market -- IBM's OS/2.
:
:        Microsoft's bullying of IBM, which hurt IBM so badly in
:        the PC market, led to their dropping the marketing of OS/2.
:
:        But that system survives, continues to be supported by IBM
:        and today is in use in many quality computing environments
:        around the world.
:
:        Serenity Systems has licensed OS/2 from IBM, and is
:        continuing the development of OS/2 under the name eCS.
:
:        eCS is an honest operating system.  It stands miles above
:        Microsoft's windows label of operating systems.
:
: Actually, Jamie, when I read one of your letter which left out
: OS/2, I was so very pleased by the letter.  But the OS/2 omission
: resulted in me promising to take responsibility for:
:
:    "gently holding Mr. Nader's hand, and also gently thumping
:    Jamie Love on the head, and reminding them both that OS/2
:    (eCS) not only still lives but has stood the test of time
:    as a superior quality operating system."
:
: Jamie Love and Ralph Nader, we thank you very much for your good
: work.  Also, of course, for hosting the AM-INFO list.
:
: Your work is appreciated.
:
: N.B.  Why should Windows be capitalized?  I do not believe it is
: a valid tradename.  I have windows in my home, and the term
: "windows" was in use in the computer field before Bill Gates is
: said to have been caught "borrowing" code from Digital Research Inc.
: So, it is windows for me.
:
: Gene Gaines
: gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
: Sterling, Virginia  USA
:
:  -- Viva Hon. Dr. Edgar Villanueva Nuñez --
:  -- Congressman of the Republic of Perú ---
:  -- http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=693278 ---
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