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# GNU Trick-Or-Treat---FSF Crashes Windows 8 Launch
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The FSF decided to [crash the Windows 8 launch even in New York City][0],
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complete with [Trisquel][1] DVDs, FSF stickers and information about their
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[pledge to upgrade to GNU/Linux instead of Windows 8][2].
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I find this to be a fun, excellent alternative to blatant protesting that is
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likely to be better received by those who would otherwise be turned off to
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negativity. At the very least, the [walking gnu][3] would surely turn heads and
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demand curiosity.
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[0]: http://www.fsf.org/news/activists-trick-or-treat-for-free-software-at-windows-8-launch-event-1
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[1]: http://trisquel.info/
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[2]: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/windows8
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[3]: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gnus-trick-or-treat-at-windows-8-launch
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Here is the e-mail that was sent to the info at fsf.org mailing list:
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> Happy (almost) Halloween, everybody,
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>
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> You've probably been noticing Microsoft's ads for their new operating
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> system -- after all, they've spent more money on them than any other
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> software launch campaign in history. In fact, everything about the
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> campaign has been meticulously planned and optimized, so you can
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> imagine journalists' surprise when an unexpected guest showed up at an
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> invite-only launch event on Thursday.
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>
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> Our volunteer, Tristan Chambers, was there and caught the whole thing
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> on camera! Pictures here:
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> <http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gnus-trick-or-treat-at-windows-8-launch>.
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>
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> Reporters and security guards at the event weren't sure how to react
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> when they were greeted by a real, live gnu. The gnu -- which, on
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> closer inspection, was an activist in a gnu suit -- had come for some
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> early trick-or-treating. But instead of candy, she had free software
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> for the eager journalists. The gnu and the FSF campaigns team handed
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> out dozens of copies of Trisquel, a fully free GNU/Linux distribution,
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> along with press releases and stickers. Once they got over their
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> confusion, the reporters were happy to see us and hear our message --
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> that Windows 8 is a downgrade, not an upgrade, because it steals
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> users' freedom, security and privacy.
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> Free software operating systems are the real upgrade, and they don't
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> need a zillion-dollar launch event to prove it. To show Microsoft that
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> their ads won't change our minds, we're starting an upgrade pledge:
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> switch to a free OS, or if you're already using one, help a friend
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> switch. We can pay Microsoft a chunk of change for their new,
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> proprietary OS, or we can stand up for our freedom. The choice isn't
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> as hard as Microsoft wants you to think.
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>
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> Sign the pledge now! -- <http://www.fsf.org/windows8/pledge>.
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>
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> Thanks for making a commitment to free software.
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>
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> PS - If you'd like more details about the action, you can check out
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> our press release here:
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> <http://www.fsf.org/news/activists-trick-or-treat-for-free-software-at-windows-8-launch-event-1>.
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>
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> -Zak Rogoff
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> Campaigns Manager
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