[TriLUG] "taxation without representation"

[M. Mueller (bhu5nji)]

On Thursday 31 January 2002 12:00 am, you wrote:
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> Thoughts?

Me too. Business owner. No more M$.

I read that in the 1960s, the US gov mandated that each time a computer was 
purchased, a different vendor was picked.  Pretty soon, there were lot's of 
computers that could not talk to each other. Then a fellow by the name of 
J.C.R. Licklider decided that computers should be able to communicate 
regardless of the manufacturer.  Then came ARPAnet followed by DARPA who 
funded UCB from which sprang sockets.  You know the rest.

Summary: Diversity is a good thing.  Because of it we have the Internet and 
WWW and email.  M$ is one of the evil axis powers lulling people into 
stupidity.  The US and State govenments should mandate the use of freely 
available software whenever a reasonable alternative exists.  Plenty exist 
today.  Paying for WIndows and Office products with my tax dollars must stop.

Mike Mueller