1.AUTHOR "Yannick P. Guique" 2.DOCTYPE LETTER 3.PRINTSTYLE TYPESET 4.START 5.DATE 6August 25, 2004 7.TO 8GUILLAUME BARRI�RES 9Minidoux Corporation 105000 Pannes Drive 11Redmond, Virginia 12USA 13.FROM 14Y.P. GUIQUE 15022 Umask Road 16St-Sauveur-en-dehors-de-la-mappe, Qu�bec 17CANADA 18.GREETING 19Dear Mr. Barri�res, 20.PP 21It has come to my attention that you have been lobbying the 22US government to prohibit the use of open source software by 23endeavouring to outlaw so-called "warranty free" applications. 24.PP 25I feel it is my duty to inform you that the success of your 26operating system with its embedded web browser relies heavily 27on open source programs and protocols, most notably TCP/IP. 28.PP 29Therefore, in the interests of your corporation's fiscal health, 30I strongly advise that you withdraw support for any US 31legislation that would cripple or render illegal open source 32development. 33.CLOSING 34Sincerely, 35