Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 17, 2007 09:43 PM
The issues with this bill are endless. Look at this quote "tried to add their little open standards boost to SB 1974 as quietly as possible. They wanted the modified bill to at least get through its first committee approval before anyone spotted what they had done". Putting your rage against Microsoft aside for a moment, don't you think that there is a major problem when people are trying to sneak legislation by? Saying that Microsoft forces people to operate in this fashion is a ludicrous assertion! Why must this supposedly wonderful and noble legislation be sneaked in?
They complain about three men in black suits but, what about the two hicks in blue jeans and Birkenstocks(Rep. Homan and his son Doug) trying to force stealth legislation on the people of Florida? Where's the outrage about that?
Then there is Robin's cutesy and innocent sounding language "The "Hey, let's check out open standards" language". Only thing is that the bill didn't say let's check it out. The bill mandated a deadline for a plan to implement a document standard. Mandating a plan is a far cry from 'Let's check it out'. But, again, the facts don't suit Robin's viewpoint so he makes up his own.
The issues are endless and they are much bigger than Microsoft and open document standards. But, you go ahead and get your knickers in a knot over Microsoft. NO ONE in Florida, besides Linux.com readers, heard about any of this and even if they had, NO ONE would have cared! You may be surprised to know that Florida has bigger issues right now than document standards. Issues like property taxes and the inability to get home owners insurance are a bit more pressing to Floridians with a life than what twits feel are Microsoft's shenannigans!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 17, 2007 09:43 PMThey complain about three men in black suits but, what about the two hicks in blue jeans and Birkenstocks(Rep. Homan and his son Doug) trying to force stealth legislation on the people of Florida? Where's the outrage about that?
Then there is Robin's cutesy and innocent sounding language "The "Hey, let's check out open standards" language". Only thing is that the bill didn't say let's check it out. The bill mandated a deadline for a plan to implement a document standard. Mandating a plan is a far cry from 'Let's check it out'. But, again, the facts don't suit Robin's viewpoint so he makes up his own.
The issues are endless and they are much bigger than Microsoft and open document standards. But, you go ahead and get your knickers in a knot over Microsoft. NO ONE in Florida, besides Linux.com readers, heard about any of this and even if they had, NO ONE would have cared! You may be surprised to know that Florida has bigger issues right now than document standards. Issues like property taxes and the inability to get home owners insurance are a bit more pressing to Floridians with a life than what twits feel are Microsoft's shenannigans!
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