OT Re: MS takes Linux for a Test Drive

[Keith Roberts]

Time is money. You seem to think this stuff should be free.That's my point.
If I and everyone else on this list decided that it was ok to post
infomercials about whatever pet peeve they happened to be on in this phase
of their life, this list would be garbage and a waste of time. That why when
this list was created, it was created for piano techs not computer nerds and
nit wits.
Truly the main complaint from the rest of the list is, this is a regular
thing a therefore is akin to Spam. Just because it comes from a piano tech
doesn't make it any different from any other piece of junk mail I get.
Basically you are using the list services to accomplish your mailing. Why
don't you do this on an individual basis and then people who wanted to be
removed from your list, could have you do so. It seems as if you think this
is a cool, free (no time involved) way to do mass mailing. I think that it
is unethical to use this list in that manner and that this is cause to be
censured from the list.

Keith Roberts

From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: OT Re: MS takes Linux for a Test Drive


> Keith Roberts wrote:
>
> >They are not Piano informational. I think Duane must own stock in Linux.
I
> >don't find anything informational about it, just blatant advertising.
> >I object!
> >Keith Roberts
> >
> I don't own any stock in Linux because there isn't any. Secondly, after
> being laid-off three years ago and before I got started into the piano
> tech field, I had to cope with Windows XX and try to find everything I
> needed for FREE for Windows because I had NO money to buy anything.
> After months and months of searching the internet, there were very few
> packages that I could find for free until I stumbled onto Linux. And,
> yes, Linux is not as easy as Windows but when you make up your mind that
> you are getting tired of MS's treadmill of PAYING for upgrades and
> rebuying all your products because MS forces you to do it, Linux becomes
> easier to deal with. Six years ago, I started with Mandrake's packaging
> of Linux, which seems to be the easiest for the home desktop. They
> provide you with everything you need. And, yes, you can call it
> advertising if you want but I call it being smart and stop paying over
> and over for what you can get and upgrade for free.
>
> <ad>
> Based on emails that are not forwarded to the group, US is about the
> country that is not embrassing Linux on a wide scale. Case in point, the
> govenment of Munich (Germany) recently dropped Windows and adopted Linux
> for 400,000 desktops and servers.
> </ad>
>
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