Just a couple of points:<div><br></div><div>- I'd never link to a blog in a message to politicians or civil servants without summarising it. Don't make them do anything remotely complicated or time consuming like actually clicking on a link and appraising the key messages of a blog article and its associated comments themselves!</div>
<div><br></div><div>- The link immediately above which you say 'if the following is to be believed' seems to be pointing to a comment which doesn't exist (or possibly to the comment entry box on the article, I've not spent long enough analysing the HTML to be sure), not to the top of the article itself. That's just going to confuse them!</div>
<div><br></div><div><br clear="all">David Aldred<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2012 11:07, Barry Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ubuntu-advertising@gmx.com">ubuntu-advertising@gmx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 17/04/12 14:44, Jason Irwin wrote:<br>
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Seems the UK government is asking people what they think of the proposed<br>
"open" standards.<br>
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Below is an e-mail that I have sent to <a href="mailto:openstandards@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk" target="_blank">openstandards@digital.cabinet-<u></u>office.gov.uk</a> with a copy to Francis Maude MP at <a href="mailto:psfrancismaude@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">psfrancismaude@cabinet-office.<u></u>gsi.gov.uk</a> I have also written to my local MP. Just a thought but some of you might want to do something similar.<br>
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Dear Sirs, I have been very concerned for some time about this issue<br>
and did manage to attend one of the consultation sessions two years<br>
ago. My concern is currently over the heavy handed - almost bullying -<br>
approach that seems to be employed by large commercial interests. In<br>
particular Microsoft who seem to be using closed-standards to protect their<br>
interests and limit users to their software. An example of this is in the way in<br>
which ITC in schools has degenerated into teaching of the use of<br>
Microsoft's own products and no other.<br>
<br>
If the following is to be believed, then I think we have great cause for<br>
concern about this issue. Please see:<br>
<a href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2012/04/how-microsoft-lobbied-against-true-open-standards-i/index.htm#comment-500786703" target="_blank">http://blogs.computerworlduk.<u></u>com/open-enterprise/2012/04/<u></u>how-microsoft-lobbied-against-<u></u>true-open-standards-i/index.<u></u>htm#comment-500786703</a><br>
and also:<br>
<a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/04/proprietary-lobby-triumphs-in.html" target="_blank">http://www.computerweekly.com/<u></u>blogs/public-sector/2012/04/<u></u>proprietary-lobby-triumphs-in.<u></u>html</a><br>
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Kind regards, Barry.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team.<br>
<a href="http://ubuntuadverts.org/" target="_blank">http://ubuntuadverts.org/</a><br>
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