Adobe's recent unethical actions
Keyes, Randall
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:44:30 -0400
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My wife swears by PSP. GIMP is pretty decent.
Randy Keyes
Network Services, JNL
517-367-3976
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Wood [mailto:treii28@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:40 AM
To: Mike Szumlinski; linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Cc: pfaffben@msu.edu
Subject: Re: Adobe's recent unethical actions
This is off topic, but I found that Corel Draw runs them some =
competition
and
some claim that Gimp or PSP 7 do a reasonable 'poor man's equivalent.
Scott
--- Mike Szumlinski <szumlins@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> No offense dude, but doing press work with anything but photoshop and
> InDesign are just silly. Yes...silly.
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> -Mike
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> On 7/18/01 3:34 PM, "Ben Pfaff" <pfaffben@msu.edu> wrote:
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> > Mrs. McHale and Mr. Prescott:
> >=20
> > I have read in various places that Adobe has had Mr. Dmitri
> > Sklyarov arrested for the "crime" of demonstrating that some of
> > Adobe's encryption products do not provide good security. This
> > is an unethical and ultimately unacceptable way for a corporatino
> > to behave. Instead of trying to suppress criticism of your
> > technologies, you should be improving them so that they do not
> > have the flaws that they do.
> >=20
> > As a result, I am boycotting all Adobe products, starting
> > immediately. This includes even such things as printers with
> > Adobe-branded PostScript engines. I am sending copies of this
> > letter to a group of friends to encourage them to boycott Adobe
> > as well.
> >=20
> > I hope that Adobe will reconsider its actions in this matter. At
> > the very least, a public apology is due to Mr. Sklyakrov,
> > possibly some other forms of compensation as well. You should be
> > thanking him, not attempting to imprison him for defects in your
> > own technologies.
> >=20
> > Sincerely,
> >=20
> > Ben Pfaff
> > B.S., Michigan State University, Electrical Engineering.
> > Stanford Graduate Fellow, Computer Science.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>My wife swears by PSP. GIMP is pretty =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Randy Keyes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Scott Wood [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:treii28@yahoo.com">mailto:treii28@yahoo.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:40 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Mike Szumlinski; linux-user@egr.msu.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cc: pfaffben@msu.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: Adobe's recent unethical actions</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This is off topic, but I found that Corel Draw runs =
them some competition and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>some claim that Gimp or PSP 7 do a reasonable 'poor =
man's equivalent.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Scott</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>--- Mike Szumlinski <szumlins@pilot.msu.edu> =
wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> No offense dude, but doing press work with =
anything but photoshop and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> InDesign are just silly. Yes...silly.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> -Mike</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> On 7/18/01 3:34 PM, "Ben Pfaff" =
<pfaffben@msu.edu> wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Mrs. McHale and Mr. Prescott:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > I have read in various places that Adobe =
has had Mr. Dmitri</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Sklyarov arrested for the =
"crime" of demonstrating that some of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Adobe's encryption products do not provide =
good security. This</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > is an unethical and ultimately =
unacceptable way for a corporatino</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > to behave. Instead of trying to =
suppress criticism of your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > technologies, you should be improving them =
so that they do not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > have the flaws that they do.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > As a result, I am boycotting all Adobe =
products, starting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > immediately. This includes even such =
things as printers with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Adobe-branded PostScript engines. I =
am sending copies of this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > letter to a group of friends to encourage =
them to boycott Adobe</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > as well.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > I hope that Adobe will reconsider its =
actions in this matter. At</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > the very least, a public apology is due to =
Mr. Sklyakrov,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > possibly some other forms of compensation =
as well. You should be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > thanking him, not attempting to imprison =
him for defects in your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > own technologies.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Sincerely,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Ben Pfaff</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > B.S., Michigan State University, =
Electrical Engineering.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> > Stanford Graduate Fellow, Computer =
Science.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
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