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In article <1992Sep15.181402.6972@tamsun.tamu.edu> bpb9204@tamsun.tamu.edu (Brent) writes:
>I am in full support of what Jerry just said.  So to the FSFers that want
>to claim Apple's making a killing off their machines, check out other
>companies also.  They aren't very different.

Yeah?  So?

Stated simply, in deference to you:  people (usually) buy machines to run
software.  (Some people buy machines because they are whizzy-bang neat, or
to develop software, so other people will buy machines to run that software,
but that is the minority.)  Making software available for a machine
increases the chance that someone will buy that machine, if that software is
what said person wants.  Are you with me so far, or are the words too big
yet?

Now, since Apple is an evil company, and makes money by selling hardware,
the best way to encourage Apple's behaviour is to produce software for their
machines.  (Well, not the best way, but it is one of the best ways.)
Therefore, to dissuade people from buying the machines, not producing
software for their machines, but for other machines instead, is (hopefully)
an effective, active boycott.  (As opposed to a passive boycott, where one
just does not purchase any of Apple's machines.)

As for the other companies, none of them is, at least as of yet, a target
for an FSF boycott, nor do most of them deserve it -- yet.

Why don't you try reading the papers that both the FSF and LPF have written.
Some of the words in them may have more than two syllables, however, so be
careful.  Maybe you can have a friend help you.

-- 
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sef@kithrup.COM  |  little effort you make to learn your way around."
-----------------+    -- William E Davidsen (william@crd.GE.COM)
Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.