Quoting Michael Chaney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > They have went so far in the US as to have an advertising agency write > fake letters to the editor in papers around the country, some using the > names of dead people.
I'd say that any counter-campaign should briefly (and without rhetoric) refer to their pattern of doing such things. > I have two things to say about this. First, it's utter bs. Sending > your money to Redmond, Washington in the US will in no way help your > economy. Keeping your money local, however, will. Open source software > in your government will not only save money for the government, it will > also keep the money that is spent in the country as it will pay for > services around the software. That's really the crux of the matter, and fortunately is easy for people to understand, once you explain it to them in plain words. > And, second, you must resist US pressure to use Microsoft products. > This is sad to say, but Peru was pressured by the US to not adopt the > open source law, citing most of the same tired arguments as Wilson > supposedly makes. Extremely annoying, isn't it? And disreputable. It looks even worse from this side of the Pacific. ;-> -- Cheers, Founding member of the Hyphenation Society, a grassroots-based, Rick Moen not-for-profit, locally-owned-and-operated, cooperatively-managed, [EMAIL PROTECTED] modern-American-English-usage-improvement association. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
