Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 19, 2007 05:51 AM
"what about the two hicks in blue jeans and Birkenstocks(Rep. Homan and his son Doug)"
Do you really know what this "hick" orthopedic surgeon Rep. Homan wears, or are you just making stuff up?
"trying to force stealth legislation on the people of Florida?"
Riders get attached to bills routinely. There is nothing sneaky about it.
"NO ONE in Florida, besides Linux.com readers, heard about any of this and even if they had, NO ONE would have cared!"
Bullshit. I live in Tampa and I care a lot about open 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!"
Sure, other things may be more pressing or important, but so what? What relevance does that have to the merit of the proposed legislation? It is like Microsoft pointing out that their license fees are only a small percentage of the cost of using computers (so if it is only a small percentage, we shouldn't object to just letting them have it whether or not they deserve it???)
Requiring open standards for government business is a no-brainer. Of course the public needs control over public data, "even if" it loosens the lock-in of the monopolist.
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Re:Issues Are Endless
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 19, 2007 05:51 AMDo you really know what this "hick" orthopedic surgeon Rep. Homan wears, or are you just making stuff up?
"trying to force stealth legislation on the people of Florida?"
Riders get attached to bills routinely. There is nothing sneaky about it.
"NO ONE in Florida, besides Linux.com readers, heard about any of this and even if they had, NO ONE would have cared!"
Bullshit. I live in Tampa and I care a lot about open 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!"
Sure, other things may be more pressing or important, but so what? What relevance does that have to the merit of the proposed legislation? It is like Microsoft pointing out that their license fees are only a small percentage of the cost of using computers (so if it is only a small percentage, we shouldn't object to just letting them have it whether or not they deserve it???)
Requiring open standards for government business is a no-brainer. Of course the public needs control over public data, "even if" it loosens the lock-in of the monopolist.
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