[P1] MS Products and other boycotts Was "Keep Internet Explorer or MS products?"

[maizychicken]

on 1/26/03 2:32 PM, Brian Pearce at bpearce at cloud9.net wrote:

>> True, MS may employ wonderful Mac folks, but Hitler had great
>> designers, too (some of their graphics are great. You can't take away
>> from their design capabilities, but you wouldn't want to hang the
>> stuff in your house, either.)  I agree with your opinion about
>> associating with companies who trade in swill as their common currency
>> of behavior.  Would you shake Mao's hand knowing it was responsible
>> for the murder of over 20 million people if you didn't have to?
>> Freedom of choice is a priceless commodity. Well spoken, Chas.
> 
> Without inadvertantly meaning to come to the defense of Microsoft
> (other than the degree to which their business practices are comparable
> to the sort of human suffering inflicted by some of the other examples
> you site), I think your reasoning has gone grazing off a cliff here.
> (Do you hold other corporations whose products or services you purchase
> to the same standards?)
> 
> BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
> 

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