Autor: Przemysław Pawełczyk (przemekp_at_veracomp.com.pl)
Data: Tue 09 Jun 1998 - 17:31:45 MET DST
Cześć,
Pan Ralph Nader jest czołowym amerykańskim obrońcš konsumentów. Ciekawe
czy Pan Gerstner, Szef IBM zareaguje.
Przemek /Warpman/
PS To jest powtórka listu (forward), który źle zaadresowałem.
Subject:
Mr. Ralph Nader's open letter to IBM
Date:
Tue, 09 Jun 1998 11:50:59 +0900
From:
Tadashi Ohmura <omurata_at_ga2.so-net.ne.jp>
Organization:
Stella
Newsgroups:
comp.os.os2.beta
Mr. Ralph Nader sent the open letter to IBM on Jun 8.
http://www.essential.org/antitrust/ms/lvgjun8.html
============================================================================
Dear Mr. Gerstner,
We are writing to ask that IBM stop forcing customers
who buy IBM personal computers to purchase Microsoft Windows.
You should give your PC customers an opportunity to buy a non-Microsoft
operating system,
or at a minimum to permit the consumer to buy a PC from IBM without any
operating system.
We were surprised to learn that IBM will not permit consumers
to buy IBM Aptiva computers with IBM's OS/2 operating system installed.
Indeed, when consumers contact IBM to purchase an Aptiva computer,
they are told that the only way to get OS/2 is
to buy a PC with Microsoft Windows 95 installed, and
then pay an extra $199 ($275 in one call) for a shrink wrapped copy of
OS/2,
which consumers will have to install themselves. While the Microsoft
End-User
License Agreement (EULA) says that a consumer
who does not agree to the terms of the Microsoft Windows 95 license
can return the software to IBM for a refund,
IBM tells consumers that the refund is zero.
Millions of OS/2 users are bitterly disappointed at IBM's failure
to promote and improve the OS/2 platform as an alternative to Microsoft
Windows.
Perhaps IBM should consider following the Netscape example,
and release the source code for OS/2,
and permit computer users to modify and freely distribute copies of
OS/2.
We would like to discuss this matter further with you or your staff.
Sincerely,
====================================================================
--
Tadashi Ohmura ( $BBgB<(J $BCi;K(J )
E-mail : omurata_at_ga2.so-net.ne.jp
5-3-4 kaijin Funabashi City Chiba Pref. 273 JAPAN
attached mail follows:
Cześć,
Pan Ralph Nader jest czołowym amerykańskim obrońcš konsumentów. Ciekawe
czy Pan Gerstner, Szef IBM zareaguje.
Przemek /Warpman/
attached mail follows:
Mr. Ralph Nader sent the open letter to IBM on Jun 8.
http://www.essential.org/antitrust/ms/lvgjun8.html
============================================================================
Dear Mr. Gerstner,
We are writing to ask that IBM stop forcing customers
who buy IBM personal computers to purchase Microsoft Windows.
You should give your PC customers an opportunity to buy a non-Microsoft
operating system,
or at a minimum to permit the consumer to buy a PC from IBM without any
operating system.
We were surprised to learn that IBM will not permit consumers
to buy IBM Aptiva computers with IBM's OS/2 operating system installed.
Indeed, when consumers contact IBM to purchase an Aptiva computer,
they are told that the only way to get OS/2 is
to buy a PC with Microsoft Windows 95 installed, and
then pay an extra $199 ($275 in one call) for a shrink wrapped copy of
OS/2,
which consumers will have to install themselves. While the Microsoft
End-User
License Agreement (EULA) says that a consumer
who does not agree to the terms of the Microsoft Windows 95 license
can return the software to IBM for a refund,
IBM tells consumers that the refund is zero.
Millions of OS/2 users are bitterly disappointed at IBM's failure
to promote and improve the OS/2 platform as an alternative to Microsoft
Windows.
Perhaps IBM should consider following the Netscape example,
and release the source code for OS/2,
and permit computer users to modify and freely distribute copies of
OS/2.
We would like to discuss this matter further with you or your staff.
Sincerely,
====================================================================
--
Tadashi Ohmura ( $BBgB<(J $BCi;K(J )
E-mail : omurata_at_ga2.so-net.ne.jp
5-3-4 kaijin Funabashi City Chiba Pref. 273 JAPAN
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