[GNUz] comsumer activism?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:06:55 +0100
Jim Cheetham wrote:

> http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/27/1439230&from=rss
> Should FOSS supporters become consumer activists?
> 
> " ... Maybe it's time for FOSS supporters to become consumer advocates.
> In other words, perhaps they should start officially endorsing or
> condemning companies and organizations according to how well products
> and policies fit with FOSS ethics."

IMHO they should. I think many of us for years have been doing this,
although many by the silent method of just trying to buy stuff that
works, or the slightly noisier way of preaching on mailing lists and
forums when someone asks for a hardware recommendation.


-- 
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>