[oclug] Fwd: Re: [SLE] shockwave.com linux

[Dave Edwards]

b stephen harding wrote:
<snip>
> =>
> =>[To webmaster at linux.org:
> =>"A lot of talk about websites that are inaccessible with Linux has
> =>been going arround here (on the suse-linux-e list) for some time now.
> =>Shockwave.com is just one of the latest.  Regarding this issue, Ben
> =>Rosenberg brought up the idea of signing a petition.  Because this
> =>concerns all users of all distributions, it would not be appropriate
> =>for this to be limited to one distribution, therefor I'm sending this
> =>to you.  Is it possible for linux.org to host such a petition?  Or do
> =>you know any organisation that can?  Any help on your part would be
> =>appreciated."]
<snip>

Of course it's totally absurd to have a ``website'' that denies access to
any OS.  To me any such site is not a website:  it can't be called part of
the WWW.

This reminded me of an oclugger's recent post about the *nix Club, whose
first rule is that no one admits to being a member.  I thought it would be
interesting to see what their server runs on; however, queso returns,
63.99.128.80:80 *- Unknown OS, pleez update /etc/queso.conf
which I don't know how to do.  Anyway, there's a good chance that they're
in the club.

We Linux users can use Macromedia Flash with their browsers, if we want. 
I think we should have access to all ``websites'' concerning companies
that make software for us.  Also, there is something fundamentally wrong
in a situation where a group of people can only be consumers/observers and
not authors.

Dave.

O.T. P.S.:
# date ; queso www.microsoft.ca
Wed Apr 25 12:21:47 /etc/localtime 2001
216.57.203.66:80        * Linux 2.1.xx