I would suggest you click on the 'react to this article' and have your say. If you blog, well surely talk about it! It certainly is worth the effort.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:47:47 +1100, Cook, Graham R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look also at the costs, the 5 Oz members are all govt affiliated - US$5,750 > membership, > Large organisations US$57,500. I would have to write some business case to > justify that. > > Graham Cook > (Telstra) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Amit Karmakar > Sent: Wednesday, 15 December 2004 10:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] A land of wasted web opportunity > > An interesting read on how Australia is a wasted country!!! > > http://smh.com.au/news/Next/A-land-of-wasted-web-opportunity/2004/12/13/1102 > 786984178.html?oneclick=true > > Well I tend to disagree but I think Ivan is mainly talking about big > companies down here that are not part of the W3C. Surely that is an area > that needs focus but: > > "I often hear people in Australia say they are too small to do anything, > they are happy to let the big guys in the US fight out the standards and > they will just use them...." > > makes me wonder if he has heard of WSG, WE04, and many others out there... > isnt it the other way around? > > Regards, > Amit Karmakar > http://karmakars.com > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Regards, Amit Karmakar http://karmakars.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
