Re: [nottingham] More Palladium

From: s.riley@doctors.org.uk
Date: Sat 06 Jul 2002 - 14:39:03 BST


David,

I'd be interested in signing a petition.
Also I've downloaded RH 7.3.9.2 beta (limbo) discs 1 - 3 if you want copies.

Steve

>Hi chaps, I decided that since everything possible ought to be done to
>resist the nightmare future that will shortly engulf us all (i.e.
>Microsoft's Palladium technology), I'm going to write to the new
>Director-General for Competition at the European Commission in
>Brussels. His name is Philip Lowe, and he's just been appointed so he
>won't be taking up office until the 1st of September, which means I have
>a bit of time to get it just right. I'm going to focus on the impact of
>Palladium on Open Source software and on users' freedom to decide what
>they run on their computer. I'm thinking of including some form of
>petition also, but since I can't actually get any signatures via the
>web, would it be worthwhile just to include names and emails, and would
>anyone in the LUG be willing to sign up for it?
>
>- David
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