[Gllug] El Reg story

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 11:48:01AM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> * Richard Cottrill <richard_c at tpg.com.au> spake thus:
> > I was pretty happy with this story at The Reg. Hopefully the Norwegian
> > experience will be repeated elsewhere. Microsoft seems particularly good at
> > selling into Government; here and home (Canberra) both seem to be tragically
> > afflicted by the Microsoft virus. I find it particularly annoying because I
> > know that for all the bumbling stupidity of government, I don't trust free
> > enterprise (the less fashionable form of anarchy) to provide basic services
> > to citizens any better. I seem to have put some distance between myself and
> > a point.
> > 
> > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/26172.html

Yes, but then read this one about Bill being parachuted into Peru to try &
rescue that country from the evils of Open Source - aided by a gift of
$550k - presumably from his charity.

	http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26207.html

-- 
Alain Williams

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