New York Times advertisement for Ubuntu

[George E Noon]

Benjamin Melançon wrote:
> $25 * 10,000 = $250,000  -- lord knows I hope that's a decimal point
> off, but do we really want to give even $25,000 to the New York Times?
>  Hey, the're using Drupal in a new project, which is great, and I
> don't know of any anti-FOSS bias, but the weight of evidence has them
> on the wrong side of most everything that increases justice and
> liberty worldwide.
>
> It's not as clear-cut as World Can't Wait running ads in the NYT as
> being simply giving money to the enemy (a key enabler of Bush regime
> wars), but...  can't we promote the new and better without propping up
> the old and dangerous?
>
> Special sponsored editions of The NYC Indypendent and the new Boston
> Underground with promotion that gets them into wealthier suburban
> hands that usually hold the Times or the Globe may be more
> cost-effective per person, and far better for all human-oriented
> movements in the long run.
>
> My input isn't even worth 2 cents, but there it is.
>
> Seriously about the Boston Underground-- if people are open, I'll contact them.
>
> ben
> http://AgaricDesign.com/
>
>   
Sounds like an excellent alternative --- my opinion in the matter would
be that it should be gone forward with.
~~~~~~~George E Noon