On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 23:30, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Stephen, aren't we getting off the trail (thread) here ? > > The original post was about privacy. My reply was just a > frustrated remark about governments not respecting the > civil rights of their own citizens. > > I live in a country where various governments don't give a > shit about the individual citizen. But they don't kill us. > They just want to control us. They use M$ software. > Accordingly, they can't. > > Now, I don't condemn the the U.S. - In fact I envy them. > Only I don't understand their attitude towards the M$ > fascism. Does M$ *own* the American judges ? >
Good question, Kaj. IT people in the US are wondering that very same question. But I think what happened was that the current administration cut a deal with M$; Gates was going out personally at one time to speak with senators on a one to one basis in order to lobby support for his "cause". So lobby money probably bought them out of their fix with the DOJ. I'm a republican, of course. And for the most part, I think this administration has been the best that America has ever had. (at the risk of starting even more OT.) But there is this M$ thing, and it is the one thing I have been most dissatisfied with with regard to our leadership. Microsoft should not have gotten away with being a monopoly; especially after 9 states expressed their extreme discontent with the supreme court ruling. Little ms peacenik Kotar-Kotelly screwed things up royally. She was definitely in somebody's side pocket. I mean, how many judges did they go through before they finally got one that was a suck-up? > Nevertheless, I'm old enough to remember Adolph. I'm > ashamed on behalf of the German government. We're not in that line of heritage, are we? > > Kaj Haulrich. LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk Mandrake Cooker 9.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.2-1mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
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