Boycott Computer Depo[t]

[Jason Clinton]

crash 3m wrote:

>Lets boycott anyone who sells hardware/software/service because they
>dont know jack about Linux, security, or the *nix philosophy.
>
>Oh wait I just want someone to sell me my 'wares and not give me an opinion
>
>

Do either Dell, Gateway, Microcenter, Monarch, or et al. have radio
shows where in they expose the vitues of Microsoft to the general public
by spreading FUD about Linux? No. With the self-proclimation of doing
the community of Kansas City a service by facilitating a radio show
about computers comes the responsibility of getting some simple things
right -- things like not telling callers that 32 * 32 describes the
"increase in power" provided by a move from the 32-bit to 64-bit
platforms. They don't know what they're talking about; they give bad
advice on a regular basis. This is the icing on the cake. I submit that
this is reckless, irresponsible behavior that only serves to make the
computing experience worse for us IT people and as a (general) supporter
of free markets I choose to exercise my wallet to send a message.

So asking for a boycott, I am. If you don't want to participate, as I
said in the first email which you apparently glossed over, then don't.