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Dear All, <br>
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We apologize for the faux pas of attaching the pdf's to the list. We
don't have a history of
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aggressively self-promoting on the lists, so we're sorry to do so now.
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Also, to your other points, we use nothing but free software in the
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business. Our graphics person, who made the PDFs, is free-lance, and
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happens to use nothing but Apple and Adobe software. To us, it's all
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about choice, and where we can, we don't impose our preferences on
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creative or technical people.
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I don't think we have anything to apologize for as regards being
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hard-working or reputable contributors to the free software community,
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but it would be inappropriate to belabor this.
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Thanks, and again, we apologize for advertising to the list.
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<br>
elizabeth ziph, ceo<br>
THE LINUX BOX CORPORATION<br>
ISO 9001:2000 certified<br>
The trusted open source software services company<br>
206 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 150<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48104<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.linuxbox.com">www.linuxbox.com</a><br>
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Toll Free: (877) 546-8929<br>
Telephone: (734) 761-4689<br>
Facsimile: (734) 769-8938<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elizabeth@linuxbox.com">elizabeth@linuxbox.com</a><br>
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MJ Ray wrote:
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type="cite">
<pre wrap="">"Joshua Ferraro" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jmf@liblime.com"><jmf@liblime.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:25 AM, MJ Ray <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mjr@phonecoop.coop"><mjr@phonecoop.coop></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> So if someone emails me and dozens (hundreds?) of others a large
unsolicited binary file, we shouldn't challenge that in public in
pretty strong terms? That seems nuts.
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<pre wrap="">Well, we can certainly take a vote on-list, I personally found your response
much more offensive than the PDF file.
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Wow. Maybe it didn't translate to en_US or something. I really don't
see how it's offensive to question whether sending proprietary binary
files to our list is appropriate behaviour.
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<pre wrap=""> Or would you rather LinuxBox had work instead of koha-devel members
for some reason?
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<pre wrap="">I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure LinuxBox has contributed to Koha in the
past ... feel free to correct me if I"m wrong. [...]
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How about checking one's own facts before posting? I can find
LinuxBox getting a public welcome in a Koha newsletter late 2005, in a
way I don't think BibLibre or TTLLP ever have, but not much else.
According to the revision log, they've never been listed on
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.koha.org/support/pay.html">www.koha.org/support/pay.html</a>
Regards,
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