On Saturday 18 May 2002 02:26, you wrote: > On Friday 17 May 2002 17:50, Carroll Grigsby opened a general hailing > > frequency and transmitted to all open stations: > > Actually, Derek, it's worse than that. From what I've been reading at > > www.theregister.co.uk, it seems that the UK government is setting up > > their web sites so that you will not be able to access them unless you > > are using MicroSoft products. AFAIK, that is not a requirement here. Yet. > > (Question: Do the UK versions of MS software packages carry Royal > > Appointment logos like the ones on Bass Ale?) > > you will need passport i am sure. since MS just signed up all their > passport users for spam lists, i am sure we are all happy to hear that....
Yes indeed ;-) I have learned a lot from this thread and others on this list, believe me. I'd never fully understood the implications from just reading "The Register" which I have linked on my homepage and is read daily. This thread (and others) has increased my understading of the insidious behaviour of M$ leading me to believe matters are far worse than I originally estimated some while back. I noticed that on the XP installed on this dual boot system I was continually berated with a request to sign up for the passport thingy??? without knowing the full reasons behind it. I spend the majority or my time now in Mandrake-Linux and am all the more pleased to be doing so, expanding my knowledge of things both technical and just downright provacative/interesting on what must be one of the most entertaining and informative and helpful lists there is. -- Derek
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