[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When people see the corruption.... they tend to leave the > country...
<snip> > Offshore companies will make > the payments to your bank account anywhere you would like it > in the world.... <snip> > Australian Government officials have been on the foreign take > for a long time If you have real concrete evidence of this corruption why are you emailing the SLUG mailing list instead of contacting ICAC (Independant Commisson Against Corruption) or our somewhat flawed but still free press. If you have real info, any politician indulging in corruption *will* be investigated by ICAC and/or the press. If you don't have any real evidence, your accusations are worth less than the electrons used to transmit them. > and we wonder why our software industry is stuck in first gear. Never attribute to malice or corruption that which can more than adequately explained by stupidity and incompetence. In addition, this later explaination also works well for the majority of the business leaders of this country who even in 2008 still have little interest in or knowledge of IT. Erik -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- "I run Linux on pretty much everything except the microwave and washing machine. Those are tempting targets but would probably make Telsa extremely cross." -- Alan Cox -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
