OFF-TOPIC
Perhaps I have no business posting this here . . . .
I've done business with TigerDirect in the past, but recently they've
added a pro-MS banner to their home page. I wrote this note to them,
and would encourage other Debianistas who have done business with them
to make your feelings known to them also. Note, I realize many (most?)
of you aren't anti-Microsoft (unlike myself), but are rather
pro-Debian, but the banner just seems -- wrong, somehow, for
freedom-loving folks. I'm probably over-reacting (and hopefully this
message won't get me in a bunch of killfiles), but it just seems like
I should make you folks aware of this.
/Kent
Message to TigerDirect follows:
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I've often come to TigerDirect as one of my first on-line shopping
stops, and have been happy with my previous experiences with
TigerDirect, but lately I've noticed that on your home page
(http://www.tigerdirect.com) you have emblazoned across the top of the
page this message: "TigerDirect recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP."
As someone who has an _extreme_ distaste for all things Microsoft, I
find this message offensive. I realize you must sell Microsoft
products to stay in business, but to openly recommend their products
just makes you seem too cozy with MS. It actually crosses my mind when
I see this message that Microsoft has probably pressured TigerDirect
into making this statement, since I've always held TigerDirect in high
regard, thinking you to be more interested in meeting the needs of
your customers rather than in hawking a particular vendor's product.
Anyway, the short of it is that while this won't keep me from doing
business with TigerDirect, it does reduce your value in my opinion,
and whereas previously I probably would have chosen TigerDirect to
make my next purchase, I've already decided that my next purchase will
not be TigerDirect. There are other reasons for this besides this
pro-Microsoft banner, but I thought you should be aware that the
pro-MS banner was a significant consideration in this decision.
Thanks for taking time to read this rant.