http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r3870313 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:00:16 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:00:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,3875971 russotto : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,3875971 Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:28:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,3870313 Ulwyn : 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?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,3870313 Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:27:45 EDT