2008/9/22 Kai Ponte <kai@perfectreign.com>:
I hope all of you out there can take a moment and request linux support from a vendor you know doesn't support them currently. I have written Cox a letter encouraging them to begin supporting Linux like my DSL provider does.
I have been writing one letter every week for the past two years. I have a list of companies that do not aknowledge that Linux exists. If every Linux user were to write to a software or hardware developer, once a week, and request Linux support then we would see the market turn around in no time. Here's a starting point: // Commercial Software Houses Intuit (Quicken, Quickbooks) http://www.intuit.com/contact/ (requires registration) Adobe (Photoshop, Flash CS3 Professional, Captivate, Dreamweaver, Studio) http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/contact.html http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform Sony (Vegas Studio) http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/corporate/contacts.asp Autodesk (Autocad) http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1073074 SolidWorks http://www.solidworks.com/pages/company/SolidWorksOfficeWorldwide.html (requires registration) Sage (Act!) http://www.act.com/company/contactus/ Nuance (Dragon Naturally Speaking) http://www.nuance.com/help/contact/ hardin-soft (BM-Win Plus (mailing address correction software)) http://www.hardin-soft.com//forms/feedback.html Daz (Bryce (3D modeling and animation)) http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/support/rnlogin/-/?p_sid=vOwOJN6j&p_accessibility=&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=&p_li=&p_next_page=std_alp.php (requires registration) Top Producer (real estate PIM) http://www.topproducer.com/Company/Contact-Us.aspx Samsung (OfficeServ) http://www.samsungbusiness.com/samsungbusiness/pages/support/support.aspx?co... Starry Night (Astronomy software) http://www.starrynightsupport.com/support_trio/index.php?action=ticket_submi... // Games ArenaNet (Guild wars) http://www.arena.net/contact.php Ironclad Games (Sins of a Solar Empire) http://www.ironcladgames.com/contact.html Blizzard Entertainment (World of Warcraft) http://us.blizzard.com/support/webform-us.xml Firzxis (Civilization IV) http://www.firaxis.com/support/ Electronic Arts (lots of games: SIMs, Spore,) http://www.info.ea.com/company/company_prlist.php http://www.info.ea.com/company/company_message.php Valve (Steam: Counterstrike, other games) http://www.valvesoftware.com/contact.html Activision (Gun) http://www.activision.com/index.html#contact|en_US Nival Interactive (Heroes of Might and Magic V) http://www.nival.com/contacts/ Ubisoft (Heroes of Might and Magic V) http://www.ubi.com/US/Info/Info.aspx?tagname=ContactUs Worldwide Biggies (Yahoo! Games) http://wwbiggies.com/contact_us // Hardware manufacturers Creative (Webcams) http://asia.creative.com/contactus/presales/ Logitech (Webcams) http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/... Nvidia Lexmark (Printers) http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentialem/home/0,6959,204816596_689444666_... Nokia (PIM sync software with OpenSync) http://www.nokia.com/A4126575 Epson (Printers) http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/AboutContactUs.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes Gigabyte (New motherboards should ship with Linux drivers) http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Company/ContactUs.aspx?CompanyWebPageID=6 Linksys (Networking equipment) http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1114037291276&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper SIS http://www.sis.com/support/support_tech.htm ASUS http://usa.asus.com/aboutasus.aspx?show=3 Western Digital (Hard drive firmware updates require a Windows computer) http://www.wdc.com/en/buy/help/contactus.asp Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü