Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 18, 2007 01:53 AM
Aren't riders (to bills) a common practice? It isn't a good system, but it is the system. I am a resident of Florida where I live and conduct a business intimately tied to computers (closed source and open source software included). Mandating open source document standards is in our best interest. The "Florida has bigger issues" has nothing to do with the topic. There are ALWAYS more pressing issues than stopping a monopoly, or allowing information to be accessed without any ties to one company. We are at war, there are starving people all over the world, the environment is being destroyed by the minute, crime is high, the economy is unstable, etc. Now, you are saying let's concentrate on those issues and let Microsoft dictate the formats data is stored in, and force us to purchase their software and do things their way because there are bigger issues to worry about. Your thinking, according to your post, is to let the big companies make all our choices, who cares that big tobacco kills thousands of people, big oil is destroying the environment, big software is illegally stifling competition, etc. I don't trust that these big companies have my best interest at heart.
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Re:Issues Are Endless
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 18, 2007 01:53 AMMandating open source document standards is in our best interest. The "Florida has bigger issues" has nothing to do with the topic. There are ALWAYS more pressing issues than stopping a monopoly, or allowing information to be accessed without any ties to one company. We are at war, there are starving people all over the world, the environment is being destroyed by the minute, crime is high, the economy is unstable, etc. Now, you are saying let's concentrate on those issues and let Microsoft dictate the formats data is stored in, and force us to purchase their software and do things their way because there are bigger issues to worry about.
Your thinking, according to your post, is to let the big companies make all our choices, who cares that big tobacco kills thousands of people, big oil is destroying the environment, big software is illegally stifling competition, etc. I don't trust that these big companies have my best interest at heart.
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Alex Chejlyk
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