On 21/01/2008, M. Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, January 21, 2008 8:39 am, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > >> 2) Any environmental club should be one of the last places to adopt > >> and support Microsoft software, see the links in the "Environment" > >> paragraph at http://digifreedom.net/node/103 (it may even be > >> interesting to challenge them with those arguments publicly, on the > >> University newspaper or something) > ..... > > > I did read the environmental page, but in my opinion it is not > > specific enough to this problem to want quotation. Also, while it does > > touch upon third world countries, it is very US-centric. We are in > > neither a third world country nor the US. > > I assume by "environmental page" you mean http://digifreedom.net/node/81 > Third world countries receive the e-waste of every other country, not just > the US. The _examples_ may be US-centered, but that's just because it is > easier to find US examples online: the problem as such does exist in every > country. > Since I'm working on the second edition and any feedback is really useful, > I'd really appreciate if you could elaborate (off list, of course) on your > comments above, so I can correct any limit in that chapter and improve it.
I will send, I have other comments that I need to send to you as well. I should find the time before next Sunday, but I won't commit to a schedule :) > > I did mention to them that as environmentalists they should understand > > that I'm not conforming to their demands that I use MS Office because > > they themselves must stand up to the whims of corporations > > If I may suggest a slightly different approach, environmentalists have a > duty to not use or encourage usage of Microsoft software because such > software is, see proofs in the references I provided, the one which more > concretely, albeit indirectly, harms the environment, period. I will send to them those links. > This is true and measurable no matter where that software comes from: it > would still be valid if MS Office and Windows were GPL software distributed > for free. > > Don't mention corporations, capitalism, fighting conformism or anything of > the sort. > Challenge them, possibly in public through some University bulletin or > similar, only at the concrete pollution level: they'll have no ground to > ignore such a challenge, not without damaging their own reputation, at > least. That's not very culturally acceptable here, though I may be able to do something else of the sort. > Let me know how it goes, > Marco I'll try to keep you in the loop, Marco. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
