Thinkpad petition

[dep]

begin  Zoki's  quote:
| *** Any users on the list wanting to sign the petition against IBM
| dropping the support of Linux on the TP's? This is the link:
|
| 	http://www.petitiononline.com/brdggk02/petition.html

if you want ibm to pay attention to this, don't sign an online 
petition -- sign a $100 bill and send it to them. their chief concern 
(and that of many others who also are not supporting linux) is that 
the linux community comprises a mob of howling brats who want what 
they want and feel they're entitled to it solely because they want 
it. though if the petition were printed out on a long roll of soft 
paper, about five inches wide and perforated every few inches, it 
would enable ibm to put it to actual use corresponding to the 
metaphorical use to which they will put it anyway.

besides: ibm never did support linux on thinkpads to any extent at 
all, and that has not prevented anyone from installing linux on a 
thinkpad and using it perfectly well, as with the tp-240 i have 
running next to me at this very minute, on which everything from 
winmodem to irda works just fine under linux, no thanks to ibm.

so all your little petition will do is prove to ibm the company's 
worst prejudices.
-- 
dep

http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the 
envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere.