> I think we should send them a really fancy letter with a few dozen > signatures, saying thanks for finally fixing it. I'm not cynical. they > got "nags" and negative rap from us all the years, they need to get > appreciation too. > > Newspaper reporters and people who bump into FOSS zealots in Ynet > talkbacks usually (understandably) see us as a bunch of complaining > elitist techno-snobs. I say we should show our other side and give some > kudos once in a while when someone does the RIGHT thing. > > (In other words, they think we are Hammas, we need to show them we are > not even Fatah, maybe Hada"sh at worst :-) > > Even if it's late and partial, we can send them positive remarks for > congratulating them on how far they've come instead of only (or first) > complaining about what still needs to be done. > > So how about if a bunch of us write Leumi some "thank you" notes, or > send them a big fancy "Thank you" kind of thing with 30 signatures, so > they can frame and hang on their wall, and later we could get companies > to get their sites corrected and we better rap in the press. We can even > join hands the some computer usability SIG or ISOC, ILA or some adult > computer literacy NGO that was helped by this. We should try to try and > make it a bigger, more impressive gesture. > > Is it corny? > - sure, CEOs love corny... > > Is it a bit kitch and looks a little out of integrity? > - Could be, but the long-term benefits are effective dialogs with the > next businesses that run broken sites. > - Ideally, In time, such endoresment might be actually catch on, and > since Hamakor won't be selling them for kickbacks, companies will > actually have to fix sites to get one :-) > > Anyone cares to take this further? > > Ori Idan, are you doing any PR of this kind today? > > Ira. > > (and, as if often does, my random sig pulls out a bull's eye :-) >
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