** Reply to message from Doug LaRue <djlarue@attglobal.net> on Sat, 13 Aug 2005
10:27:28 -0700
> ** Reply to message from Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@hashkedim.com> on Sat, 13 Aug 2005 07:45:15 +0300
>
>
> > Quite right.
> >
> > The Congress is not going to involve itself in trivia like file formats. LoC
> > has, in any case, made a rational administrative decision. That it is rational
> > is a consequence of MS's predatory, cutthroat marketing tactics and the simple
> > fact that there is no other format accessible to so many people. This, by the
> > way, is not the only instance in which the same format is required by a
> > government agency, although apparently this is the first instance that touches
> > many users of this forum. What people seem to be waking up to is the fact that
> > the battle is long over, and that MS has won it irreversibly.
> >
> > --
> > Stan Goodman
> > Qiryat Tiv'on
> > Israel
>
> What I find interesting is that they REQUIRED the use of another US Government agency, USPS,
> for delivery of the response. There probably is a requirement that they do so... It got me
No, this is not true. Firstly, other agencies make it possible to submit
applications and tax returns through the Internet (the latter specifying, by
the way, a specific and unsurprising format (as Lewis could have confirmed, had
he wished to do so). In the second place, LoC has also specified how
individuals may hand-deliver their forms, and also how commercial couriers may
deliver -- and the latter two are to different addresses, although it is hard
to see what earthly difference there is between an object delivered by somebody
who does delivery for a living and one for whom it is merely a hobby.
> thinking that with open source and open standards, the US Government could fork off
> OpenOffice and/or Firefox and dictate that everyone communicate with the official US Government
> version of these products. Billions in software licensing would be saved and they could control
> and own the right to view and create their own documentation. They wouldn't have to fork the
> source, but could if they wanted to. It's GPL licensed...
>
> My guess is that all the pension funds invested in MSFT would prevent this from happening.
I will sign any pertition which, if adopted, would impact Microsoft, or reduce
the market for its securities.
--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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