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Ulwyn

join:2002-01-04
Gloucester City, NJ

US Government 101...

According to the News.com article, "The assembled band of free software devotees said later that they believed they had won a commitment from the Commerce Department to include a representative in a future roundtable. But (Phillip Bond, Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology) did not seem to agree. ’I'm not going to be dictated to,’ he said."

Isn't the sole purpose of a government official TO abide by the *dictates* of the people? ALL the people...not just the ones with billions of dollars and huge corporations?

How does that foot taste, Mr. Bond?

russotto

join:2000-10-05
West Orange, NJ

Of course he'll be dictated to. But he's damn well going to be a well-paid flunky, and those free-software advocates don't have the scratch.


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