Hi; On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 14:00 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote: > James Knott wrote: > > Fred A. Miller wrote: > >> Drew Jensen wrote: > >> > >> [snip] > >> [snip]
> First of all, I am an American. > Second of all, I DID NOT vote for the hockey puck that is in the White > House. > Third of all, I DO NOT use M$ Winblowz, but have used Linux for many years. > Fourth of all, I DO NOT use M$ Orafice, but use OOo from the 1.x days. > > The impact of M$ may be perceived as an American thing, but on the > "American" Forums it does not seem that way, Linux users are just as > passionate here as anywhere else and are just as numerous. > Unfortunately, the legal pressure on M$ is off and that appears to be > indirectly or directly related to the current White House Hockey Puck. > The antitrust suits started during the previous administration seem to > have been dropped shortly after "Dubya's" appearance onto the scene. I > do applaude the EU's attacks on M$, including the recent one about M$ > withholding specs on it's recently ISO approved standard doc. format. > These withholdings, as many feared make other office suites incompatible > with OOXML. I hope the next admin will have the backbone to stand upto > Steve Ballmer & Assoc. better known as M$. As a Canadian, I wish you would stop insulting hockey pucks by comparing them to "Dubya". -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
