On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 22:19 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > 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 :-) > > > > If you are a Bank Leumi customer, then write to them and tell them > that you thank them. I myself closed my account in 2001. >
I sent them a thank you note. I'd suggest each and one of us (at least Leumi customers) will do the same. - Gilboa _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
