-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > Market forces change the world. Not much else. I have two counterpoints: 1) Civil rights for black people, women etc. were never gained through market forces. We're attempting to attain freedom of software for all people, the same applies (to an extent) to us. 2) Markets function best only when there is perfect information, so both supplier and consumer know exactly what demand and supply are. By informing the supplier that you, as a consumer, will not be purchasing their product for a specific reason, they will further see the effect their choices in that area have on the demand for their product.
> If GNU/etc represents enough of a revenue to a manufacturer they will > provide support/drivers. They will factor in the costs of development > and support, and come to a decision based on the business case. As above, if manufacturers are not aware of how much revenue GNU/etc represents, they will ignore it completely. > I would sooner Kodak didn't support us. As I said, the more people to > whom they provide support, the more likely they are to be successful. I > would like to see Kodak go out of business because of their past behaviour. I would further argue that if you were to avoid buying any consumables from Kodak, and just buy their printer, they wouldn't be making much of a profit anyways. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0lsW3arasOikFPYRAg1xAKC6Jtc7q+I+Oo4aKj33Wp+afxOOWwCeJJUp S2m1t29D9Imf1OQU/7ePpWg= =2UPf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
