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[Svnweb-commits] r736 - windows7sins/meta
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[Svnweb-commits] r736 - windows7sins/meta |
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:14:52 -0400 |
Author: mattl
Date: Wed Oct 7 12:14:50 2009
New Revision: 736
Log:
added ngo letter
Modified:
windows7sins/meta/index.html
Modified: windows7sins/meta/index.html
==============================================================================
--- windows7sins/meta/index.html Tue Oct 6 17:47:26 2009 (r735)
+++ windows7sins/meta/index.html Wed Oct 7 12:14:50 2009 (r736)
@@ -50,9 +50,16 @@
</blockquote>
- <h4>Email a copy of our letter to a company you know...</h4>
+ <h4>Email a copy of our letter to a non-profit you know:</h4>
+
+ <p><a href="mailto:?subject=Re: Important notice regarding impending
lack of privacy, freedom and security from Microsoft
Corporation.&address@hidden&body=As a decision maker within your organization,
you undoubtedly strive to make choices that seek to improve the working lives
of your employees, enhance the relationship you have with your stakeholders and
donors and secure the independence and freedom for your organization to achieve
its mission.%0A%0AFor many years, charities and nonprofit organizations like
yours have relied on Microsoft and the Windows operating system, and because
they threaten to stop supporting older versions of Windows in the long-term,
and because their system is proprietary (not free/libre), you are dependent on
them to provide regular security updates and fixes. Threatening to withdraw
their support, they abuse their monopoly position to strong-arm you into
adopting new versions of their software, even when you don't need the new
"features" and even when updating negatively affects your ability to
operate.%0A%0AThe dependency of organizations working for social change and
improvement on software owned and exclusively controlled by Microsoft is
leading society into an era of digital restrictions, threatening and limiting
our freedoms. Microsoft Windows was engineered from the ground up as a Digital
Restrictions Management (DRM) and Treacherous Computing (TC) platform.
Microsoft hides these defects under more benign-sounding names like "Digital
Rights Management" and "Trusted Computing" -- the fact is that Windows is
designed to limit what people can do with documents and digital media
files.%0A%0AAs with Windows Vista, Windows 7 represents Microsoft's continued
attacks against the security, privacy and freedom of your organization, and are
no mistake. Microsoft has a history of manipulating computer manufacturers into
installing its products onto the computers you purchase.%0A%0ABecause of
Microsoft, many decision makers in the not-for-profit sector are wholly
dependent on the Windows operating system for their organizational
computing.%0A%0AThe root cause of this dependency is proprietary software (not
free/libre) and with the release of Windows 7, you have an opportunity to break
your organization's dependency on it.%0A%0AFree software is about freedom, and
not price. Free software is software that you can use and adapt independent of
any one vendor, such as the GNU/Linux operating system or the business
productivity suite OpenOffice.org. Free software provides all of the freedoms
Microsoft tries to deny, and is therefore better in all areas: security,
accountability and monetary cost. GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org are available
from numerous vendors ensuring competition for your patronage and your freedom
to change supplier.%0A%0AFree software is more secure because you, your IT
supplier and the wider IT community are independently able to read the source
code of and customize any program you use in your infrastructure. It saves you
from relying on a secretive third party, and the public availability of free
software code means that many qualified eyeballs, the security experts and
researchers around the world, are continually studying and reporting on its
integrity.%0A%0AReplacing all your desktop systems with GNU/Linux will give you
independence from Microsoft, access to thousands of free software applications,
and help break the social ill of proprietary software. Thousands of
organizations have already moved to free software. What's your organizational
plan?%0A%0AInvesting in Microsoft's Windows 7 will only get you more stuck and
more dependent on them.%0A%0ATake the next step -- evaluate your organization's
opportunity to use free software -- and sign up for regular announcements on
making the move away from Windows and to receive information about the work of
the Free Software Foundation: http://windows7sins.org/signup.">Send the email
direct from your email client</a> or <a
href="http://en.windows7sins.org/letter/ngos/">copy/paste</a> into a new
message if you use web-mail.</p>
+
+ <h4>Email a copy of our letter to a company you know:</h4>
+
+ <p><a href="mailto:?subject=Re: Important notice regarding impending
lack of privacy, freedom and security from Microsoft
Corporation.&address@hidden&body=As a decision maker within your organization,
you undoubtedly strive to make choices that seek to improve the working lives
of your employees, enhance the relationship you have with your customers and
potential customers and secure the independence and freedom for your
organization to operate.%0A%0AFor many years, companies like yours have relied
on Microsoft and the Windows operating system. With the release of Windows 7 in
October, Microsoft is selling the new version on a combination of fear and
threats. They threaten to stop supporting older versions of Windows in the
long-term, and because their system is proprietary (not free/libre), you are
dependent on them to provide regular security updates and fixes. With the
threat to withdraw their support, they try to strong-arm you into adopting new
versions of their software even when you don't need them and may have a
negative consequence to your ability to operate, once again abusing its
monopoly position, explicitly inducing vendor lock-in.%0A%0ALike its plans to
include DRM restrictions with Windows Vista, Microsoft's continued attacks
against the security, privacy and freedom of your organization, are no mistake.
Microsoft has a history of manipulating computer manufacturers into installing
its products onto the computers you purchase.%0A%0AWith its most recent
actions, it further threatens computing standards by polluting and perverting
the OpenDocument standard with its own XML-based file format.%0A%0ABecause of
Microsoft, many decision makers in America are now wholly dependent on the
Windows operating system for their business computing.%0A%0AThe root cause of
this dependency is proprietary software (not free/libre) and with the release
of Windows 7, you have an opportunity to break your organization's dependency
on it.%0A%0AFree software is about freedom not price. Free software is software
that you can use and adapt independent of any one vendor, such as the GNU/Linux
operating system or the business productivity suite OpenOffice. Free software
provides all of the freedoms Microsoft tries to deny, and is therefore better
in all areas: security, accountability and monetary cost. GNU/Linux and
OpenOffice are available from numerous vendors ensuring competition for your
patronage and your freedom to change supplier.%0A%0AMicrosoft's recent 10-K
reports (June 30th, 2009) speak of free software and tell a similar
story:%0A%0A The OpenOffice.org project provides a freely downloadable
cross-platform application that also has been adapted by various commercial
software vendors to sell under their brands, including IBM, Novell, Red Hat,
and Sun Microsystems.%0A%0A Despite these efforts, actual or perceived
security vulnerabilities in our products could lead some customers to seek to
return products, to reduce or delay future purchases, or to use competing
products.%0A%0AFree software is more secure because you and the wider community
are independently able to read the source code of and customize any program you
use in your infrastructure. It saves you from relying on a secretive third
party, and the public availability of free software code means that many
qualified eyeballs, the security experts and researchers around the world, are
continually studying and reporting on its integrity.%0A%0AReplacing all your
desktop systems with GNU/Linux will give you independence from Microsoft,
access to thousands of free software applications, and help break the social
ill of proprietary software. Thousands of organizations have already moved to
free software. What's your organizational plan?%0A%0AInvesting in Microsoft's
Windows 7 will only get you more stuck and more dependent on them.%0A%0ATake
the next step -- evaluate your organization's opportunity to use free software
-- and sign up for regular announcements on making the move away from Windows
and to receive information about the work of the Free Software Foundation:
http://windows7sins.org/signup.">Send the email direct from your email
client</a> or <a href="http://en.windows7sins.org/letter/">copy/paste it</a>
into a new message if you use web mail.</p>
+
+
- <p><a href="mailto:?subject=Re: Important notice regarding impending
lack of privacy, freedom and security from Microsoft
Corporation.&address@hidden&body=As a decision maker within your organization,
you undoubtedly strive to make choices that seek to improve the working lives
of your employees, enhance the relationship you have with your customers and
potential customers and secure the independence and freedom for your
organization to operate.%0A%0AFor many years, companies like yours have relied
on Microsoft and the Windows operating system. With the release of Windows 7 in
October, Microsoft is selling the new version on a combination of fear and
threats. They threaten to stop supporting older versions of Windows in the
long-term, and because their system is proprietary (not free/libre), you are
dependent on them to provide regular security updates and fixes. With the
threat to withdraw their support, they try to strong-arm you into adopting new
versions of their software even when you don't need them and may have a
negative consequence to your ability to operate, once again abusing its
monopoly position, explicitly inducing vendor lock-in.%0A%0ALike its plans to
include DRM restrictions with Windows Vista, Microsoft's continued attacks
against the security, privacy and freedom of your organization, are no mistake.
Microsoft has a history of manipulating computer manufacturers into installing
its products onto the computers you purchase.%0A%0AWith its most recent
actions, it further threatens computing standards by polluting and perverting
the OpenDocument standard with its own XML-based file format.%0A%0ABecause of
Microsoft, many decision makers in America are now wholly dependent on the
Windows operating system for their business computing.%0A%0AThe root cause of
this dependency is proprietary software (not free/libre) and with the release
of Windows 7, you have an opportunity to break your organization's dependency
on it.%0A%0AFree software is about freedom not price. Free software is software
that you can use and adapt independent of any one vendor, such as the GNU/Linux
operating system or the business productivity suite OpenOffice. Free software
provides all of the freedoms Microsoft tries to deny, and is therefore better
in all areas: security, accountability and monetary cost. GNU/Linux and
OpenOffice are available from numerous vendors ensuring competition for your
patronage and your freedom to change supplier.%0A%0AMicrosoft's recent 10-K
reports (June 30th, 2009) speak of free software and tell a similar
story:%0A%0A The OpenOffice.org project provides a freely downloadable
cross-platform application that also has been adapted by various commercial
software vendors to sell under their brands, including IBM, Novell, Red Hat,
and Sun Microsystems.%0A%0A Despite these efforts, actual or perceived
security vulnerabilities in our products could lead some customers to seek to
return products, to reduce or delay future purchases, or to use competing
products.%0A%0AFree software is more secure because you and the wider community
are independently able to read the source code of and customize any program you
use in your infrastructure. It saves you from relying on a secretive third
party, and the public availability of free software code means that many
qualified eyeballs, the security experts and researchers around the world, are
continually studying and reporting on its integrity.%0A%0AReplacing all your
desktop systems with GNU/Linux will give you independence from Microsoft,
access to thousands of free software applications, and help break the social
ill of proprietary software. Thousands of organizations have already moved to
free software. What's your organizational plan?%0A%0AInvesting in Microsoft's
Windows 7 will only get you more stuck and more dependent on them.%0A%0ATake
the next step -- evaluate your organization's opportunity to use free software
-- and sign up for regular announcements on making the move away from Windows
and to receive information about the work of the Free Software Foundation:
http://windows7sins.org/signup.">Send the email direct from your email
client</a> or <a href="http://en.windows7sins.org/letter/">copy/paste it</a>
into a new message.</p>
<p>Be sure to let us know how it goes!</p>
@@ -328,7 +335,7 @@
<p><address>Write to us with feedback on this webpage: <a
href="mailto:address@hidden">address@hidden</a></address></p>
-<p><!-- hhmts start -->Last modified: Tue Oct 6 15:40:52 EDT 2009 <!-- hhmts
end --></p>
+<p><!-- hhmts start -->Last modified: Wed Oct 7 12:14:43 EDT 2009 <!-- hhmts
end --></p>
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