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Re: [News] Boston Public Library Sells Out to the Monopolist, Blocks Mac and Linux Users

Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:

>> Someone ought to investigate this. The government should intervene
>> because it's a public facility.
> 
> If it's been paid for using public funds, then it is corruption in 
> action, and should be stopped.  If it's privately funded, then it's
> just daft.

Well regardless of how it's funded, this is supposed to be a /public/
library, with open access to /all/, not with some information open to
some people, and some information withheld from others, depending on
whether or not those people choose to financially support Microsoft.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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