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Re: [News] FCC Snubs Open Source, But Backs Open Platform

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:38:47 +0100
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> ____/ waterskidoo on Wednesday 11 July 2007 16:53 : \____
>
>>>
>>> The issue of "auctioning" spectrum is interesting, though.  Maximises
>>> revenue for the government, but ensures that small players will not get
>>> a look-in, so in the long-run, is probably anti-competitive.
>> 
>> I heard this on PBS news yesterday and I don't get it.
>> They want to auction off frequency spectrum, mostly for cell
>> phone use to the highest bidder but yet at the same time
>> they want to keep it *open* (their word) for all to use.
>> Like Google and Yahoo, which were the examples they gave.
>> 
>> I'm not sure I understand.
>> FWIW the FCC is a corrupt, incompetent organization and
>> it has been that way for years.
>
> It's a Fed org. It with the government. Monkey see, monkey do.
>

$s/k//g

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