* Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org [2011-10-04 17:48:17 +0100]:
On Tuesday 04 October 2011 17:02:12 you wrote:
Isnt one point of our argument that offering ONE choice (not just a non-free choice, but only one option) is agaisnt the law becuase its monopoly-ish. like you should have more than one web brouser etc?
Yes, because this is anti-competitive and affects the market unfairly. This is why there pdfreaders.org lists *all* Free Software PDF readers, not just ones that look nice or are developed by people that we know. There is no favouritism amongst the PDF readers that are listed except an indication of the one which is easiest to use on the visitor's operating system.
Non-free readers are not listed because they do not respect freedom, and for the good of the user, and of society, should not be used by anybody.
One idea for the reply: You can point them to public bodies who changed it.
Regards, Matthias