On Friday 17 May 2002 06:48 pm, you wrote:
> On Friday 17 May 2002 21:47, you wrote:
> > On Friday 17 May 2002 07:20 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 15:02, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > > > Lyvim, what makes you think the American government is so special ?
> > > >
> > > > Kaj Haulrich
> > > > Denmark
> > >
> > > There's no intimation here that this is an isolated case, Kaj. I just
> > > don't have any comprehensive data on other government's right or wrong
> > > doings.
> > >
> > > LX
> >
> > Lyvim, I can assure you that the danish government is no better, if that
> > can comfort you. It is "owned" by Micro$oft. However, let's not get too
> > depressed. By and by things seems to develop :
> >
> > In France there's a strong movement towards open-source, i.e. the french
> > government has proposed just that to the European Union. We'll see....
> >
> > In Germany, the parliament ("Bundestag") recently moved from Bonn to
> > Berlin. The new building (in fact : the old one) needed an IT-system, so
> > the parliament initiated a feasability-study : Micro$oft / Open Source.
> > We'll see...
> >
> > In Norway (who somehow always seems a little smarter than Denmark) Linux
> > has a good stronghold : think of Qt (TrollTech) and Opera. Both are
> > commercial companies that Micro$oft hasn't been able to crush. Yet ...?
> >
> > And don't forget : corporations mightier than any nation-state use Linux
> > (Shell, BP, General Motors, Toyota etc.. etc...).
> >
> > Cheers !
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich
> > Denmark
>
> MMMM,
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong BUT isn't my Government (especially Phoney Blair)
> toadying up to Gates after the offer of assistance of subsidised computers
> with M$ as the OS in British schools???
>
> Hadn't ever linked the two till following this thread...
>
> Hold my hand someone, I'm scared.
Actually, Derek, it's worse than that. From what I've been reading at
www.theregister.co.uk, it seems that the UK government is setting up their
web sites so that you will not be able to access them unless you are using
MicroSoft products. AFAIK, that is not a requirement here. Yet. (Question: Do
the UK versions of MS software packages carry Royal Appointment logos like
the ones on Bass Ale?)
In light of the foregoing discussions on this thread, I hereby nominate that
Peruvian senator to be Supreme High Mucky Muck of the Whole World. He's the
first politician to show an in-depth understanding of what MS is trying to
do. Seconds?
-- cmg
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