Didn't realize you weren't a USian (don't want to offend you Canadians or Mexicans who have a right to share the title "American").
I wish I could come to the defense of people as a whole, but alas many have a tendency to avoid thinking on their own and stone those who differ.
| Tom Marinis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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As a Canadian, I quite sure the US government will afford me the
time and effort to listen to me about software security and make
a decision on my input :)
Politicians have a hard enough time listening to people within
they're own districts, let alone to sound ideas and supported
fact. These decision makers have always made a choice, depending
on how much they were paid for to make that choice.
That goes as well up north here, we are no different. And since
Canada follows those trends, we will also adopt a MS supported
government to the teeth.
As for IBM, please remember that while IBM was slapped with
anti-trust, Microsoft settled. Although IBM follows the rules
that was handed down to it to follow, Microsoft has yet to
adhere to its conditions set out by the court.
Netscape has all but dissappeared now; No one else is developing
a browser to work with MS products; People still complain about
spam and viruses, although a cheaper, simpler solution remains
with buying a linux product.
People are generally stupid, but they also for the most part do
what their told to do, and they are told to use Microsoft,
because it is faster, simpler to use, and no time is required to
use it.
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