And, perhaps, AFTER UniSys has PROVEN a genuine change of heart, rather than just some kind of PR ploy, or something worse, I might start to begin to consider trusting them.
Amoral corporations are a good reason to avoid dealing with corporations. Moral ones make excellent assistants. But are rare. (They have to have moral behavior in their prospectus, or it can get them sued.)
My general rule of thumb is to keep a tally sheet. When a corporation does something that ticks me off, I fine them a certain percentage. When they do something that pleases me, I grant them a certain percentage. When it comes time to purchase a new product, that percentage is applied to the performance adjusted price to determine whose product I'll buy.
(E.g., I just bought a new printer. It was an HP, partially because of price performance. But Lexmark was out of consideration because of it's patented lock on ink cartridges. Epson had several dings against it because the last Epson printer I bought had severe paper feed problems. HPs recent pro-linux statements acted as a counterbalence against some prior act, I don't remember what, that had caused me to put a negative ding against their corporate name. Perhaps I should have given Cannon a better shot, but last time I checked they didn't have a compatible printer driver...and that gave them several erasable dings against them that kept them out of consideration. Strictly speaking I should have re-checked...but LinuxPrinting still doesn't list them as compatible.
The result of this process is that I purchase products that support both my needs and my other views.)
UniSys has several dings against it, and has shown no interest in removing them. Right no my attitude is "take them for what you can, but don't pay them for the priviledge". They can change this score, if they choose. It's in their court now, but saying that they like linux doesn't do much of anything...they've got to DO something.
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Re:It's a tricky question
Posted by: Tommy on August 17, 2004 08:28 AMAmoral corporations are a good reason to avoid dealing with corporations. Moral ones make excellent assistants. But are rare. (They have to have moral behavior in their prospectus, or it can get them sued.)
My general rule of thumb is to keep a tally sheet. When a corporation does something that ticks me off, I fine them a certain percentage. When they do something that pleases me, I grant them a certain percentage. When it comes time to purchase a new product, that percentage is applied to the performance adjusted price to determine whose product I'll buy.
(E.g., I just bought a new printer. It was an HP, partially because of price performance. But Lexmark was out of consideration because of it's patented lock on ink cartridges. Epson had several dings against it because the last Epson printer I bought had severe paper feed problems. HPs recent pro-linux statements acted as a counterbalence against some prior act, I don't remember what, that had caused me to put a negative ding against their corporate name. Perhaps I should have given Cannon a better shot, but last time I checked they didn't have a compatible printer driver...and that gave them several erasable dings against them that kept them out of consideration. Strictly speaking I should have re-checked...but LinuxPrinting still doesn't list them as compatible.
The result of this process is that I purchase products that support both my needs and my other views.)
UniSys has several dings against it, and has shown no interest in removing them. Right no my attitude is "take them for what you can, but don't pay them for the priviledge". They can change this score, if they choose. It's in their court now, but saying that they like linux doesn't do much of anything...they've got to DO something.
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