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Union label showing up on Linux PCs Friday October 13, 10:30 AM EDT [ Hardware ]
By Tina Gasperson News Editor
Al Gore committed one of his now famous "Gore-isms" when he claimed to have grown up hearing and/or singing that "Look for the Union Label" song. It turned out that he was already 27 when that song was written. I, on the other hand, could have grown up hearing and singing that song. I'm a lot younger than he is.
Anyway, have you heard of a company called Union Friendly Systems? They distribute union-made computer systems and union-programmed software, both to the general public, and to union shops. The prices aren't too bad, either.
My dad was part of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The IBEW symbol was a part of my childhood. Eventually, Dad went back to school and got a desk job as an estimator, but he always knew he could fall back on the hall if times got tough. He said he would go back and work with his tools. But I digress. Union Friendly Systems sells systems to individuals, and mass quantities of computers to places like Daimler-Chrysler.
The prices aren't too bad, either. Here's a few of the basic lineups available on the site:
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