 Spam
A few people are talking about SPAM. I don't remember advocating SPAM. Saying I did only serves to confuse people and weaken the effort.
SPAM is sending unsolicited email where there is no pre-existing relationship with the recipient. In other words, if you know the recipient, then it isn't SPAM. So when friends send people in their address book a joke, it is not spam. If you send your customers an email it is not spam. If I obtain a list of email addresses for people I don't know and send them email, it is spam.
If you want to help with the cause, use your head and your conscience. If you aren't sure something is proper, talk about it in the forum. Not everyone will agree, but there are smart people here and will get good advice.
If you have comments, please be constructive. Saying something is stupid or labeling it as spam is not helpful. Re-writing the passage to something you think is better is helpful. Maybe someone else will re-write your comment, but in the end, we can work together to get it right.
Even the goal is up for debate. I think the goal is to get lots of signatures on the petition (thousands) and at the right time it will get sent to the powers in charge of deciding if Microsoft should be allowed to purchase Yahoo. I think the general public should be involved. This is bigger than Zimbra alone, it is Microsoft vs. open source. It is Windows vs. Linux. It is Zimbra vs. Exchange. The public has a vested interest in this and it would be wrong not to include them.
Steve Ballmer is fighting with gloves off. What makes him entitled to own the world? I for one am not going to take this lying down. I hope I have friends here that feel the same way.
Check out the picture of Ballmer at FreeZimbraNow.org, then hold your chin up so he can get a good shot at it.
I don't see any difference between that and being resigned to the fact MS will win. They might win, but if they do, I'm going down swinging. Come on! Get excited about this. I mean, what's the problem? Fear of success?  |