[aclug-L] Re: B&N

[jlweaver <jlweaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another way to voice your objection would be to visit their web
site and voice your objection there.  I agree that they (B&N)
should not be assisting Microsoft to further their monopoly.
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Kirk Lancaster wrote:

> Last night I visited the Barnes & Noble at Kellogg and
> Rock.  After looking at the computer section, I asked
> the manager why there were displays of books published
> by Microsoft where the O'Reilly books were normally
> displayed.  He said that a few weeks ago the New York
> office ordered all the B&N stores to do this.  I asked
> him to forward my objection to the corporate office and
> he agreed to try.
>
> I do not object to books published by Microsoft.  However,
> if these books are placed in prominent displays in the
> majority of the prime locations in the computer sections
> of Barnes & Noble stores, then I object.  Microsoft
> has been found to constitute a monopoly by the courts.
> I would have hoped that Barnes and Noble would not
> assist Microsoft in maintaining (and strengthening) its
> monopoly by replacing displays by publishers like
> O'Reilly with displays by Microsoft or displays which
> promote only Microsoft products.
>
> I am considering other actions I can take.  Does anyone
> know if Borders is doing (or is planning to do) the same
> thing as B&N?
>
> Sincerely,
> Kirk Lancaster
>
> PS  At universities around the country, perhaps we will next
> see courses titled: Visual Calculus, Biology XP, Music ME.
> (Mr. Brubakken, you earned a grade of C# in your CS 644
> course.)
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