__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 January 2007 08:20 \__
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> Paul Hovnanian P.E. <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> 7 wrote:
>>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> > EU withdraws claim that Linux support is illegal
>>> >
>>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>>> > | The Council's refusal to support Linux has angered the open-source
>>> > | community. Debian enthusiast Stefan Esterer last week started a
>>> > | petition to lobby the EU to change its mind. His petition has now
>>> > | been signed by nearly 12,000 users.
>>> > |
>>> > | Several ZDNet UK users have also voiced concern about the EU's
>>> > | stance.
>>> > |
>>> > | Chris Rankin suggested that the EU learned from the experiences
>>> > | of other online content creators, such as the BBC. "The BBC also
>>> > | has a mandate to reach as many people as possible, and so
>>> > | currently supports both WMV and Real formats. However, it is
>>> > | also creating its own Free codec called "Dirac". I'm sure that
>>> > | something like Dirac would serve the EU's purpose as well,"
>>> > | wrote Rankin.
>>> > |
>>> > | Another reader, Moley, was also unimpressed by the situation,
>>> > | commenting: "Bloody disgraceful! Whose interests are the
>>> > | Council serving?"
>>> > `----
>>> >
>>> > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39285357,00.htm
>>>
>>> "The Council said the reason for its failure to support Linux was the
>>> complexity of offering such support. "Streaming in 23 languages is very
>>> difficult," said the spokesman. Referring to Windows and Mac OS, he
>>> said: "It is easier to take what is used by many, if not all, the
>>> people."
>>> "
>>>
>>> The above EU statement is not reasonable at all.
>>> It is possible to stream in open formats for which
>>> there are open source decoders available free for all platforms.
>>> However streaming in proprietory formats is double the work,
>>> and reaches fewer audiences.
>>> Hence the EU Council's position is not tennable.
>>> It merely functions as a puppet to business interests
>>> that lobby very hard to push their own interests ONLY.
>>
>> Its a real shame they haven't kept up with their history lessons. The
>> last time some Europeans got national and corporate interests entangled,
>> quite a few people died trying to sort that mess out.
>>
>
> Indeed. These days, when corporate and national interests get confused,
> only the Arabs die.
It's a shame that these same businesses and governments (make that singular)
are being fed by global monopolies. Free software and free culture (think
Hollywood) would cut the air supply of greedy one,s to whom death is
exchangeable with funds. They are destroying the social glue in the world,
which could sooner or later not only destroy the world ecologically, but
could also lead to mass-scale disasters. Not even the suppression by spies
and a military can hold back what results from twisted, egocentric minds.
It's time to rethink.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/13/0049220&from=rss
Global warming is a "theory".
Evolution is a "theory".
The same kids are being taught that money is the ruler of all desires.
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