This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C215F7.92595A70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here is my letter to my councilman, hope it helps or does someone have = one better? did i miss anything? yeah yeah I wrote this on outlook = Express, I'm trying to load Gentoo on my Linux box, and it's a beast to = install. tickticker Councilman Brock, I am writing you in regards to the news that the Maricopa County Council = is debating an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft. However, I have = read that according to Maricopa County Policies, Microsoft should be = disqualified from any contractual business with the County. I would = like to declare my support for Microsoft's disqualification. According to MC1-902 DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTORS, I read the = following: "B. The causes for Debarment or Suspension shall include, but are not limited to, the following: 2. Conviction of any Person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any Person under any statute of the Federal government, this State or its political subdivision or any other State for: k. Any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a Contractor. 3. Conviction or civil judgment finding a violation by any Person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any Person under State or Federal Antitrust Statutes." Microsoft, having been convicted of Federal Antitrust Statutes = (penalties pending), clearly falls into the catagory described in part = 3, and several court cases past and pending show a clear lack of = integrity and business honesty as outlined in part 2. I cannot find = that ANY government body would be willing to work with such contractors, = let alone having rules against it and clearly ignoring those rules. There are many alternatives to Microsofts products. Alternatives that = have broken no laws, Federal or Local, are well supported and used by = many large governments (Germany, Taiwan, et al). As a concerned voter = in Chandler, I must point out that I cannot support criminal behavior = and would hope that my County Council would see fit to do the same and = ONLY consider alternatives as Microsoft is clearly unqualified to meet = County requirements. Thank You, my name and address ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C215F7.92595A70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Here is my letter to my councilman, = hope it helps=20 or does someone have one better?  did i miss anything?  yeah = yeah I=20 wrote this on outlook Express, I'm trying to load Gentoo on my Linux = box, and=20 it's a beast to install.
 
tickticker
 
Councilman Brock,
 
I am writing you in regards to the news = that the=20 Maricopa County Council is debating an Enterprise Agreement with=20 Microsoft.  However, I have read that according to Maricopa County=20 Policies, Microsoft should be disqualified from any = contractual=20 business with the County.  I would like to declare my support for=20 Microsoft's disqualification.
 
According to MC1-902 DEBARMENT AND = SUSPENSION OF=20 CONTRACTORS, I read the following:
 
"B. The causes for Debarment or = Suspension shall=20 include, but are not
limited to, the following:
2. Conviction of = any=20 Person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any Person
under any statute = of the=20 Federal government, this State or its political
subdivision or any = other=20 State for:
k. Any other offense indicating a lack of business = integrity or=20 business
honesty which affects responsibility as a Contractor.
3.=20 Conviction or civil judgment finding a violation by any Person or=20 any
subsidiary or affiliate of any Person under State or Federal=20 Antitrust
Statutes."
 
Microsoft, having been convicted of = Federal=20 Antitrust Statutes (penalties pending), clearly falls into the catagory=20 described in part 3, and several court cases past and pending show a = clear lack=20 of integrity and business honesty as outlined in part 2.  I=20 cannot find that ANY government body would be willing to work with = such=20 contractors, let alone having rules against it and clearly ignoring = those=20 rules.
 
There are many alternatives to = Microsofts=20 products.  Alternatives that have broken no laws, Federal or Local, = are=20 well supported and used by many large governments (Germany, Taiwan, et=20 al).  As a concerned voter in Chandler, I must point out that I = cannot=20 support criminal behavior and would hope that my County Council would = see fit to=20 do the same and ONLY consider alternatives as Microsoft is clearly = unqualified=20 to meet County requirements.
 
Thank You,
 
my name and address
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