[ale] Office Depot sells its soul to M$

[James P. Kinney III]

Bummer. I was planning on buying RH9 from my local Office Depot again to
encourage them to continue to carry a better product line. I guess I
won't get it from there.

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 18:14, Bob Toxen wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:04:35 -0500
> From: Bob Toxen <bob at verysecurelinux.com>
> To: cid62 at yahoo.com, mikeo at cmpsolv.com, larry at cavu.com, wrbeaves at tva.gov
> Subject: Exclusive Microsoft decision
> Reply-To: bob at verysecurelinux.com
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
> 
> My letter below is prompted by this web site:
> 
>     http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8472
> 
> It says that Office Depot will no longer carry sofware without Microsoft's
> permission, e.g., that doesn't have the Trademark "Designed for for Windows
> XP" trademark.
> 
> Tell 'em what YOU think.
> 
> Bob
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Bob Toxen <bob at verysecurelinux.com> -----
> 
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:55:03 -0500
> From: Bob Toxen <bob at verysecurelinux.com>
> Organization: Fly-By-Day-Consulting, Inc.
> To: communityrelations at officedepot.com
> Subject: Exclusive Microsoft decision
> 
> Your company's decision to carry only software whose creators have paid
> bribe money to Microsoft to be allowed to use the "Designed for Windows
> XP" trademark is unacceptable.  Your claim that this is to ensure quality
> clearly is a lie as Microsoft has the reputation for the buggiest code
> of any major supplier.  In the business world reputation is everything.
> 
> I have directed my purchasing department to cease doing business with
> your company.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Bob Toxen, President
> Fly-By-Day Consulting, Inc.
> "Your expert in Firewalls, Virus and Spam Filters, VPNs,
> Network Monitoring, and Network Security consulting"
> btoxen at verysecurelinux.com (e-mail)
> 
> http://www.verysecurelinux.com       [Network & Linux/Unix Security
> Consulting]
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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