US Federal Government to require MSIE for copyright preregistration
Mike McCarty
mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net
Fri Aug 5 14:33:53 UTC 2005
Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> Technically, it's proof of incompetence if they can't do that
> registration process using web standards.
>
> But the problem is much more serious in the political/sociological point
> of view:
>
> The fact that the US Federal Government is considering to force the
> usage of software from a company it convicted of monopoly abuse should
> be utterly unacceptable for USA citizens...
Erm, I believe it was in the EU that Microsoft got convicted, not
in the USA.
>
> The fact that the US Federal Government is considering to force the
> usage of proprietary software (since it removes rights from its
> citizens) should be utterly unacceptable for USA citizens...
This is a much stronger argument.
Mike
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