Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-31 Thread dfox
This affects everybody unilaterally, and unless people become proactive and oppose the Democrats and their apocalyptic police state laws, the face of the computer industry will *become* a police state. FWIW there's also other things that may be peripherally involved. One that doesn't impact

[newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
So, all you guys enjoying Linux? Enjoying the benefits of Mandrake? Well, enjoy it while you can, because if Democrat Fritz Hollings (Senator, South Carolina, lobbied via $300,000 USD from the Entertainment Industry) has his way, this bill will get passed and Open Source could be a thing of

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-27 Thread Kenn Yahoo
: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development] | I don't really understand the furor over this bill. It is obviously grossly | unconstitutional and, even if it passes, will not withstand the court cases | and the Supreme Court. The only thing it's going to succeed

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-27 Thread shane
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 09:15 pm, Kenn Yahoo opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: not to bring up a sore subject, but after last year's presidential election disaster, i'll no longer be surprised at ANYTHING the supreme court decides ... i would second that, but i am sure it would

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-27 Thread James Thomas
I know, the bloody thing puts it there automatically. But the email service is good, and well, it didn't used to be Microsoft! :) James Did you know your post is carrying a MS advert? Thanks, I needed that. *chuckle* Lee On Wednesday 27 March 2002 05:09 am, you wrote: I don't really

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware,software development]

2002-03-27 Thread Roger Sherman
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, James Thomas wrote: I know, the bloody thing puts it there automatically. But the email service is good, and well, it didn't used to be Microsoft! :) James And it's not totally out of place in this case...M$ is as against the bill as we are, or so I read... Did