__/ [John Bailo] on Tuesday 14 February 2006 03:45 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> (February 13, 2006)
>>
>> "What if the federal government were about to give away more than $400
>> billion in grants, but only people whose computers ran on Microsoft
>> software could apply?"
>>
>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR2006021200942.html
>
> They did this once already with Katrina relief.
>
> For some reason, the FEMA site necessitated the use of IE6
One could spoof user-agent, but it's often far from trivial. I have Opera
installed, which proves useful under such circumstances. Firefox and Mozilla
have the required agent-altering extensions, but no everyone knows they
should be used. This gives no valid excuse to such zealous Web sites.
> I complained loudly using what channels there were, but to no avail.
I recently did that with my parents' bank. It turned out I was one among
many, so the voices accumulate until they break down that barrier.
> A true Conservative Republican would be appalled by the lack of "free
> market" economics at work in these situations.
>
> ( I notice also they only mention Apple in this article -- no mention of
> Linux. )
Yes, probably because the author must be using a Mac. Many journalists use
them.
Roy
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