On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:22:26 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Matt on Sunday 10 February 2008 19:14 : \____
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Protest DRM at the Boston Public Library
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | the BPL [Boston Public Library] has launched a new service powered by a
>>> | company called OverDrive. The system gives BPL patrons access to books,
>>> | music, and movies online -- but only if they use a Microsoft DRM system.
>>
>>> http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/20080207-00
>>>
>>> Someone ought to investigate this. The government should intervene because
>>> it's a public facility.
>>
>> It's not all bad. I expect the backlash from thousands of Mac users and
>> hundreds of Linux users will have anti-MS effects on the Massachusetts
>> IT community. See also:
>
> They have the Binary Freedom group over there. After Microsoft was caught
> corrupting against ODF in MA, there's plenty of anger -- and anger that's
> justified. In recent years Microsoft was not so capable of hiding its dirty
> (sometime illegal) deeds.
Why not reply DIRECTLY TO THE GUY IN QUESTION, ROY SCHESTOWITZ?
Scott Colford responded right here in COLA, so why not offer your opinions
directly to him?
This is your big chance Roy.
Here is his message:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/3fc113ac44dc1ea5
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Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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