From the RISKS list. Maybe someone should have told them about
RealBasic's cross-platform capability....
A new U.S. federal government system Grants.gov already costing tens of
billions of dollars over its five-year development cycle is intended to be
used for all grant applications submitted to NIH, Housing and Urban
Development, and 24 other grant-giving agencies, typically giving out
something like $400B per year. However, its scheduled widespread use will
be postponed because the Windows-based software is not Mac-compatible. In
the interim, some applications will require proposals to be submitted from
MS systems. One blogger is quoted: "this would be the same government that
spent a lot of time and money pursuing Microsoft for its anti-competitive
behavior?" [Source: Rick Weiss, *The Washington Post*, 13 Feb 2006; PGN-ed]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR2006021200942.html?referrer=emailarticle
On the downside, it might be a problem having a customer that can
have you declared an "enemy combatant" if you don't fix a particular
bug...
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