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- Science boycotts over envirnomental issues?
- bad ideaSo, like, back in 1933, boycott Einstein and other scientists in Germany because you didn't like Nazi laws as of 1933?Probably not a good idea.Let's just boycott all other countries because they are all full of foreigners.Eco-worshippers are a bunch of crybabiesSure... let's boycott everyone that doesn't agree with...
- Tags: boycott
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Science boycotts over envirnomental issues?
- Here's an issue below the public opinion horizon, but one that could become crucial in future years. Is it wise to boycott a nation's academic and scientists over that country's action or laws? There's been some move in China to boycott over their population control law. Other...
- Tags: Boycott, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Will you be joining the Opera boycott?
- Will you be joining the Opera boycott?For itI've tried Opera several times, didn't care for it. I found it disorganized and unintuitive. Google, Firefox, and others have build up market share without gov't intervention why can't opera? because most people who try it, don't like it and don't pass it...
- Tags: boycott, Opera Software ASA
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign
- Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaignYeah, ok, Apple too, along with Microsoft.I did forget Apple: I don't get that either. HansWhat is a "Windows Enthusiast"?This is something I don't understand. I've never understood how someone could get behind a for profit company like this. I could...
- Tags: boycott, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Windows Enthusiast
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?
- Should open source boycott Cisco's contest?Its open source!If it is open source code, why shouldn't a company try to use it and integrate it into their solutions? A contest like this is perfect for a company to be paid for their open source applications and try to get their...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., open source, boycott
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
- Should open source boycott Microsoft?
- Should open source boycott Microsoft?I do everything on a case-by-case basisIf it's good software and there's good vendor support I'll use it. If it's bad software or there's poor vendor support I won't.You can have proprietary software that is good and well supported by its maker. You can have F/OSS...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., open source boycott, open source, software, boycott, interoperability, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- Should open source boycott Microsoft?
- Personally I just think they're on the losing end, thanks to Moore's Second Law. Software complexity increases exponentially with computing power. The only way to bring costs within reason, over time, is to share them. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Philippines, Boycott, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- Apple releases iPhone 2.0.2, as usual, sans changelog
- Apple releases iPhone 2.0.2, as usual, sans changelogJust do it!Come on, you bought the iPhone because Brother Steve knows what's cool. And what's good for you. He wants you to update your phone, so just do it! You'll thank him later.The morgue called.They said they found the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., boycott, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard Czechmate
- Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard CzechmateM$ should withdraw OOXML fron ISOotherwise the OSS will speak out and M$ will have be embarased by the vote made by informed membbers.An eventual adoption of OOXML will cause backlash from FOSS loving countries and riots in Europe.MS Buyed votes in my countryFirst, sorry...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, ISO, boycott
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure
- German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closureThe free market at work. There are a lot of very smart people in Romania,and they deserve jobs. The wages must equalize over Europe eventually . . .RE: German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closureSmart isn't the point. The point is that...
- Tags: Benefits, German union, plant closure, boycott, closure, Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- Rebuilding a competitive Internet market
- One of the comments on the previous thread got to me. "The only way to deal with companies not providing you with the service you want is to boycott them. They have a right to run their ISP any way they want just as long as they are upfront...
- Tags: Broadband, Fact, Boycott, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Today's Internet radio boycott won't matter
- Today's Internet radio boycott won't matterBetter alternativeInstead of turning off the internet radio that "they" are trying to squash anyway....Why don't we quit buying CDs/Downloads until July 15th and ONLY listen to Internet radio.That might get the attention of the folks who get paid for the sales (and probably don't...
- Tags: Internet radio, boycott, radio
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Microsoft, Samsung in patent swap deal
- Microsoft, Samsung in patent swap dealExcellent for users!WHine about it all you like but eliminating *possible* issues for users is a very good thing, even if it makes Stallman's hair fall out.boycott $amsungBoycott:that should be the natural consequence of doing bussines with M$ against Linux best ineterest!Microsoft is wrongThese deals...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Corp., boycott, zealot, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- Pandora founder: help save Internet radio
- Pandora founder: help save Internet radioBoycottDon't buy any music either as a download or CD/Album for 6 months.Oh, that is right!I live in America were organizing a boycott is a fruitless task.If you are really tired of the RIAA stop supporting them.Artist Royalities?Hmm, funny how they want to increase royalties...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, RIAA, MPAA, boycott, radio, Internet radio
- Discussion threads 2007-04-18
- Gates won't cross China government
- Gates won't cross China governmentGod, what a cheap shotNot only is Farber's column a cheap shot, it smacks of hypocrisy, opportunism, and either a lack of knowledge of world affairs or a purposeful ignorance of what has been going in China for the last few decades.I suppose for Farber it...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Chinese Government, boycott
- Discussion threads 2006-01-28
- Group says Yahoo helped jail Chinese journalist
- Group says Yahoo helped jail Chinese journalistNo more Yahoo on my putersOk how do we boycott these b@stards? This is so wrong in so many ways. I usually defend companies that do business in China. I believe in free enterprise but in Yahoo's case I hope the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Yahoo! Inc., boycott, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2005-09-06
- OASIS patent policy sparks boycott
- OASIS patent policy sparks boycottI'm not sure of the specificsBut if those guys are advocating the action - that's good enough for me. I refuse to implement OASIS . . .I thought one of the big plusses of OSS..was standards compliance.Guess not.selective boycottFrom the OASIS speaker, there are a dozen...
- Tags: Quality, rhetoric, OASIS, F/OSS, boycott, FOSS community, standards, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
- RIAA launches new file-swapping suits
- RIAA launches new file-swapping suitsTime for a changeThe RIAA sues people, they say the number of file swappers on Kazaa, etc. drop, but CD sales do not increase. Now why is that? Could it be that their tactics are doing nothing more than changing people's file swapping methods?Instead of...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, Apple iTunes, music industry, RIAA, file-swapping, boycott
- Discussion threads 2003-12-03
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- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (Xbox 360)
- What the heck?Why does Rockstar Games continue to make the download content only for the XBox 360 which has literally only a fifth of the computing power of the PS3 (I'm a computer programming student, and I've done my research), yet those of us who weren't cheap and bought the...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Grand Theft Auto
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- MI5, an ISP lawsuit and an e-petition: More opposition to piracy cut-off plans
- new world order is comingeveryone should boycott any measure imposed by the goverment.there is no piracy - information is free by it's definition.there is only total control over usersSee what can happenwhen one entity the government controls both the regulation and delivery of anything, be it the internet in...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, piracy, world order
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
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