[SLUG] Seeing 2020

2008-03-02 Thread David Guest
Does slug have a view on what, if any, should be the open source input to 2020 (http://www.australia2020.gov.au/topics/infrastructure.cfm)? There's was a brief article in the popular economic press (http://business.smh.com.au/lateral-thinking-should-be-given-some-latitude/20080222-1u1r.html)

Re: [SLUG] Seeing 2020

2008-03-02 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=David Guest Does slug have a view on what, if any, should be the open source input to 2020 (http://www.australia2020.gov.au/topics/infrastructure.cfm)? Various FLOSS-friendly folks have nominated to participate at the event, and many more are writing submissions to be considered at

Re: [SLUG] Seeing 2020

2008-03-02 Thread david . lyon
Quoting David Guest [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does slug have a view on what, if any, should be the open source input to 2020 (http://www.australia2020.gov.au/topics/infrastructure.cfm)? lol... 2020 is a long way away. I mean come on we have a brain drain going on here Australia is

Re: [SLUG] Seeing 2020

2008-03-02 Thread Rick Welykochy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under the Federal Government and State Government, there has been millions of dollars promised but then leak away. This will keep on continuing... [off topic] It is worthwhile to note that when many of the promised funding plans (in all sectors, but esp. social

Re: [SLUG] Seeing 2020

2008-03-02 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When people see the corruption they tend to leave the country... snip Offshore companies will make the payments to your bank account anywhere you would like it in the world snip Australian Government officials have been on the foreign take for a long

Re: [SLUG] Seeing 2020

2008-03-02 Thread david . lyon
Quoting Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Australian Government officials have been on the foreign take for a long time If you have real concrete evidence of this corruption why are you emailing the SLUG mailing list instead of contacting ICAC (Independant Commisson Against Corruption)