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Article #1777Re: FSF vs Apple -- please think again
From: Jim Lynch
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:13
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:13
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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.
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Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!emory!nigel.msen.com!hela.iti.org!cs.widener.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!jimlynch From: jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) Subject: Re: FSF vs Apple -- please think again Message-ID: <1993Jan24.031341.14494@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) 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 Lines: 11