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To kick off I must say I love this quote from New Internationalist.

When you turn on your computer, you’re making a political statement. If, like most people, your computer boots Microsoft Windows, the statement you’re making is that transnational corporations should control access to the most powerful public media that ever existed.

New Internationalist Magazine Nov. 2006

The Free Software foundation has gotten together with some large environmental groups aiming to promote free software and reduce the amount of waste that is going to be generated by people upgrading to Vista.

There are literally millions of computers that are going to be thrown out so that people can run the new version of Windows Microsoft Vista.

I signed on to the letter and so should you. While I am careful about recommending throwing away Windows without planning and an understanding of what you are doing. For the majority of computer users throughout the world an Open Source desktop solution is a viable alternative.

Ubuntu Linux goes from strength to strength. If users want desktop candy like the new Vista (which is about all I can that has been added to the operating system) then you can even get that using open source solutions. So there is no excuse.

Explore the alternatives! And while you are at it. Sign the letter.

Read the letter