On Sunday 10 September 2006 18:58, James McKenzie wrote: > Jack Gates wrote: > > On Sunday 10 September 2006 10:20, James McKenzie wrote: > >> And in case anyone asks, I cannot use 'freeware' including > >> OpenOffice at work in an official capacity. > >> > >> James McKenzie > > > > Who do you work for that demands that you use only software that > > has to be purchased and has such a militant attitude against > > using free software? > > Jack: > > I will assume that you are a taxpayer and should be suitably > outraged as it is the United States GOVERNMENT that requires the > use of purchase only software and this comes from the days of when > folks would install pirated software on their computers. Shareware > also cannot be installed.
The thing that cracks me up is the same government uses *nix to monitor the Internet and other "security issues" and even tells you that Linux is the OS that you should use to have a safe and secure system. I am on an e-mail list that is sent out 2 or 3 times a month by a dept in Homeland Security that gives information telling which OS and apps have vulnerabilities and what you can do to safeguard from them. That same government uses a live CD of linux to do computer forensics. But they want the business side of government and the businesses and people that access that side to use the weakest OS and apps there are so they can easily monitor what you are doing with out you knowing it. They want to install software on your system so they make you use MS and IE. This is exactly why I don't use MS or IE. -- Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
