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The power of the consumer
---This idea of not using software because of who made it is just plain daft! ---

Sorry, can't agree here. This is one of the few ways that consumers have power over corporations. Deciding not to buy a company's product because you don't like their policies is a perfectly sound and effective way of voicing your opinion. Should you buy clothes from a company that runs sadistic sweatshops, even if the clothes look really nice? Should you buy products from companies that contribute to terrorist organizations? Should you buy anything from a company like WalMart that treats its employees like dirt and devastates local economies?

Perhaps these issues don't matter to you, and you'll keep supporting companies that make the world a much worse place. But until consumers stand up for themselves, we'll be doomed to live in a world of Enrons and Worldcoms.

(note that I'm not trying to imply that MS has done anything on the level of any of the companies mentioned above, I'm instead trying to discuss the general principle of keeping your $ away from companies whose policies you don't agree with)
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 04/26/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Good to hear  Jeff Spicoli | 04/25/05
Re: Good to hear  alterego_z | 04/25/05
Who made it is not important!  ISD_z | 04/25/05
It isn't "daft"  doe_z | 04/26/05
Don't be so foolish!  ISD_z | 04/26/05
The power of the consumer  tic swayback | 04/26/05
Yes, yes, yes!  ISD_z | 04/26/05
Context  tic swayback | 04/26/05
...  ISD_z | 04/27/05
I found IE to take longer to start up  voska | 04/26/05
Can't wait to upgrade from Firefox to IE7 !!  Prognosticator | 04/25/05
Enjoy!  Jeff Spicoli | 04/25/05
Thanks for your input.  Prognosticator | 04/25/05
Firefox Crashes on Websites  nucrash | 04/26/05
he meant  doh123 | 04/26/05
That depends  Michael Kelly | 04/26/05
hmm . . .  CobraA1 | 04/26/05
Measuring System  SC-man | 04/26/05
But they ain't gona remove any of the garbage the people still code to.  DonnieBoy | 04/25/05
RE: But they ain't gona remove any of the garbage the people still code to.  nightshade0143 | 04/25/05
RE RE: But they ain't gona remove any of the garbage the people still code  WildcatRay | 04/26/05
1 man's garbage is 9 people's meal  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/26/05
Finally  CobraA1 | 04/26/05
The Acid Test  the_doge | 04/26/05
fire fox did not display the acid 2 page correctly  robustengine | 04/26/05
None of them do.  doe_z | 04/26/05
Even Amaya, W3C's own browser, doesn't  CobraA1 | 04/26/05
it's pulse is non pulsating  jwick | 04/27/05
Leaving Firefox for IE7  pquinn34@... | 04/28/05

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