--_002_8476785E96C543E6B2908FE6E718D237yahoocom_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Richard, I never questioned their rights. I have been in the electronic industry for= over 40years, so I know why they are doing it. I question their practices, and I maintain that it is predatory, which is m= y first amendment right.=20 This has nothing to do with law. I perfectly know that they have the right to do so, but that does not make = it right. Jean-Paul On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Richard R. Pope wrote= : > Jean-Paul and et al, > Fluke has every right to protect their property. My personal and=20 > professional opinion. > Thanks, > rich! >=20 > On 3/25/2014 4:23 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: >> I did the same. >> Let's all of us tell Fluke that such a predatory behavior will make them= loose customers. >>=20 >> Jean-Paul (AC9GH) >>=20 >> On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Chris McSweeny wrote= : >>=20 >>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:24 AM, RussellMc wrote: >>>=20 >>>> The next step might be a post on Fluke's Facebook page along the lines= of >>>> the one that I posted & copied to this thread. >>>> If enough people advise what they think about bully-boy tactics on Flu= ke's >>>> part, even when Fluke are (notionally anyway) within their rights to a= ct as >>>> they have done, then it may actually do some good. [Actually: by >>>> definition, if enough people comment then it WILL do some good, as tha= t is >>>> what "enough" means in this context :-) ]. >>>>=20 >>> I've already posted (some of) my thoughts there - I hope that was along= the >>> right sort of lines. >>>=20 >>> Chris >>> --=20 >>> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >>> View/change your membership options at >>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --_002_8476785E96C543E6B2908FE6E718D237yahoocom_ Content-Type: text/plain; name="ATT00001.txt" Content-Description: ATT00001.txt Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ATT00001.txt"; size=224; creation-date="Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:17:29 GMT"; modification-date="Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:17:29 GMT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 LS0gDQpodHRwOi8vd3d3LnBpY2xpc3QuY29tL3RlY2hyZWYvcGljbGlzdCBQSUMvU1ggRkFRICYg bGlzdCBhcmNoaXZlDQpWaWV3L2NoYW5nZSB5b3VyIG1lbWJlcnNoaXAgb3B0aW9ucyBhdA0KaHR0 cDovL21haWxtYW4ubWl0LmVkdS9tYWlsbWFuL2xpc3RpbmZvL3BpY2xpc3QNCg== --_002_8476785E96C543E6B2908FE6E718D237yahoocom_-- .