Microsoft Hatred FAQ

Tue Oct 18 22:46:14 EDT 2005

On 18 Oct 2005 18:02:53 GMT, John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote
or quoted :

>If you think you can direct the development of human behaviour by not 
>buying a Microsoft product, be my guest.

Refusing to take any action against them is also immoral.  I think you
are morally obligated to take some reasonable action to counter
Microsoft, effective in and of itself or not.

Your counsel is similar to those who tell people it is futile to vote.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
nothing.” 
~ Edmund Burke

I had an experience that changed my completely on that sort of  issue.
I started gay lib in my part of the world purely as a "futile moral
gesture". Within 2 years to my utter amazement, we had the gay rights
legislation.
-- 
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
http://mindprod.com Again taking new Java programming contracts.