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- From: jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch)
- Subject: Re: FSF vs Apple -- please think again
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.031341.14494@netcom.com>
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- References: <1993Jan12.161116.4263@maths.tcd.ie> <1993Jan12.173830.18153@ornl.gov> <1j04m4INNn1d@early-bird.think.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:13:41 GMT
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- In article <1j04m4INNn1d@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
- >The goal of the boycott is to convince Apple to change its practices. The
- >hope is that some users will choose not to purchase Apple computers because
- >GNU software isn't available for it, and other users will choose not to
- >purchase Apple computers because they are actively participating in the
- >boycott.
-
- Right now, perhaps 95% (_My_ guess, so no flames) of all apple users don't
- know GNU from their gnee (oops, that's knee). I think Barry's assessment of
- the boycott goal is correct. This wouldn't be cheap, but maybe the thing
- to do is to let the apple users know about the boycott.
-