Hi Keri, > I would be happy for the Government to give a grant to someone trying > to do something along the lines of nzlive, but them doing it > themselves is a different story.
Why? It's not a profit-making venture. It's providing public NZ events info to people. This is classic kiwi knee-jerk government bashing. Let's shut down this one too > http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/ It advertises events and even charges money for entry for some of them! > How would you feel if the Government started a company that competed > with you, was funded by your taxes and was loosing money at a great > rate. NZLive is not a company, it's a *website*. One of *many *government websites aimed at providing information and services. On that note, all government services and departments "loos" (sic) money (or rather use the budget alloted to them), because they are taxpayer funded and hence have no commercial income. If NZLive sold tickets and profited, this argument would have more credence, but I'm sorry, it just doesn't. Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
