on Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:28:33AM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 03:57:23AM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 08:02:24PM +0100, Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I've just been given a copy of the Farnell Electronics catalogue CD. > > > This has the unfortunate design of wanting to install some Windoze > > > package in order to read the catalogue. > > > > Ask Farnell what they've used. > > > > And why they're restricting themselves to proprietary formats. > > I've pointed out that they're cutting themselves off from the > increasing number of people who don't use Windows, and asked them what > format it's in... anyone care to run the book on whether I get a > useful answer? :-)
Cool. I'd recommend you run a short for NewsForge or LWN on the outcome of this. Post the interchange on your website (or if you don't have one: http://twiki.iwethey.org/ would be more than happy to provide space and bandwidth) and link it with a brief one paragraph writeup. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Scandinavian Designs: Cool furniture, affordable prices, great service, satisfied customer. http://www.scandinaviandesigns.com/
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