At 11:34 AM 8/10/00 , Ken Yap wrote:
>It was fun reading the proposed antics, but seriously I don't believe
>placards and people in penguin suits are productive. It will just give
>the hostiles more pretext to dismiss us as a bunch of longhair geeks.
>The refund day protests over preinstalled Windows and EULA on laptops
>were different, there was a principle at stake there.
Regrettably, apart from wearing my Penguin tie to these things as a matter
of principal, I have to agree with Ken - we'd probably do more harm than
good...
Maybe one way of raising awareness is to hand out Linux pamphlets or
give-away CDs at your local Hardly Normal ? From the footpath (public
area) of course...:-)
Regards,
Jon
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