First off, I have 3 computers that I can provide serial numbers for my Microsoft office products if they want it. And for the record, I think you should count your Xbox, it runs on Microsoft proprietary software and could probably run MSOffice if you could get it to install.
-Dan -----Original Message----- From: Chad Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Marketing] Demand OpenDocument! Sign the petition. On 10/21/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steven Shelton wrote: > > > I saw this on Jean Hollis Weber's blog at O'Reilly and I referenced it > > in my blog (although I couldn't trackback to it because I couldn't find > > a trackback URL on her page). This is very cool, although I'm sure > > Microsoft will say "these aren't signatures from our customers; these > > are people who have no intention of buying our product." Any excuse, any > > excuse. > > Yeah, I figure they'll say something like that. Or they'll say that the > signatures are all fake, or whatever. But whatever they say will just > make them look silly really. Um, not really. Did you sign it, Daniel? Is there any power on earth that will get you to shell out $150 for MS Office? (Since you are a student and a teacher.) You don't even own Windows or a Mac! You *can't* buy their product. MS would be absolutely right to say this petition is pointless. It's just a publicity stunt by the OpenDocument Foundation or Friends or whatever. And 700 signatures representing 40,000 computers? Okay, sure. Those numbers aren't trumpted up at all, I'm sure. Can I sign and say I have 100,000 computers? Is there any checking up on these claims? I actually do have like 20 computers, not all of them work - some are handhelds from the 90s. But I can count them, right? Can I count my TV - it has a few computer chips? So does my microwave, can I count that? I've got an Xbox and a PS2 - maybe I should count those... This is a huge waste of time. And it's only going to make ODF look more desparate for publicity. -Chad Smith --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
