Charlie M. wrote: > On Tuesday 24 September 2002 4:27 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > <snip> > > I know it won't do anything except make me feel better. However this is a copy > of an e-mail I sent to the AMD hardware support address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > earlier today with the subject line: > > AMD, Microsoft, Palladium, and the future.
Very nicely put. I suggest you post it, or better, a link to it, widely (/., kuro5hin, general press etc.). OTOH, I'm still considering buying an Athlon chip in the near future. I don't want Intel, so what other choice is there? Sir Robin > > [quote] > Since I have no idea to whom this should be directed I'll send it to the > generic hardware support address. > > I have been reading in the tech press for some time regarding AMD's plans to > include support for Microsoft and their "Palladium" or "Trusted Computing" > initiative. > > I will state unequivocally that should this come to pass I will be a former > customer of yours; as I was once a customer of Intel's, Microsoft's, > Anti-Virus vendors (pick one), the music industry, the film industry, etc. > > I refuse to be bullied and indirectly accused of terrorism or thievery because > I choose to play a compact disk or a DVD; that I purchased, on my computer. I > refuse to allow Microsoft, the BSA, or any government agency, snoop through > my personal files just because I might have kept a copy of a song from one of > those disks in a compressed format on one of my hard drives for convenience. > Once I have paid my money to use someone's "Intellectual Property" for an > individual copy of the work I find it ludicrous that I must; in effect, > request permission every time I wish to peruse the movie, listen to the > recording, write a document, or boot the operating system of my choice on > hardware that I own. Microsoft's "Everlasting Usurious Lease Agreement" is > the primary reason I will never again load that corporation's software on a > machine that is under my control. > > Your bowing to them in order to gain some soi disant advantages will be the > reason I am no longer an AMD customer. It may be your undoing. Many of us > read 1984 © and remembered what we read. Anything that smacks of "Big > Brother" is so distasteful it's possible that it may become a "cause > celebre." Can you say "Boycott?" By every GNU/Linux user on the planet? > > Anything is possible. > > I know the thoughts a message such as this generate in the recipient's mind; > he's one consumer, probably one of those "Cancerous" operating system > users/advocates, a hermit that is socially inept and reclusive, with no > friends or influence. Or possibly just a rabble rousing trouble maker. > Probably doesn't spend all that much on hardware anyway, right? > > Guess again; and I'll answer that with this question: > > How many of us are there? Can you afford to offend us all? > > Charlie Mahan > Edmonton Alberta Canada > September 24, 2002 > [\quote] > > I received an automated acknowledgement, I wonder if a human being will read > it. Fire retardant suit applied. ;) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- "So I repeat myself? I am great, I contain tautologies." Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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