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I'm not talking about what
business deals government agencies have. For that matter the government funded the entire building of tcp/ip and the Unix operating system for the DoD, so I'd say Unix is the goverment mandated software, but they also use Linux much now as well.
What I MEANT was, does teh U.S. government officially and publically advocate for all business, one vendor over another.
The answer is no, of course they do not. The EU is acting on what they perceive as a threat to them in some way.
Maybe the United States should start shutting the doors down on Toyota, you know, they are now #3 and gaining fast. As a country, it's our duty to make sure we have no dominant players from outside our borders.
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European Commission vouches for open source  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
Dang that knee of yours was fast  zkiwi | 01/16/07
Finally at least one person gets it  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
A little misdirected are we?  B.O.F.H. | 01/16/07
Not at all (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
You are right  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
Financial cent er means that is where money is passing through.  B.O.F.H. | 01/16/07
Perhaps....  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
Does blind faith determin technical direction for you?  B.O.F.H. | 01/16/07
Blind Faith. hmmm  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
Speaking of London.....  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
RE:European Commission vouches for open source  joe6pack_z | 01/16/07
Politics  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
RE: Politics  joe6pack_z | 01/16/07
Come on, you are making me cry. Poor Billy and Stevie not being able to buy  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
Hold tight there Donnyboy  xuniL_z | 01/17/07
Not nearly as glad as they are...  jasonp@... | 01/16/07
and were hear from the master spin master Loverock  slim-01 | 01/17/07
Advertising by a government agency.  Anton Philidor | 01/16/07
*sigh*  zkiwi | 01/16/07
Three words  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
*burp*  zkiwi | 01/16/07
Ideology can be as strong a motive as money.  Anton Philidor | 01/16/07
And, in some cases, Ideology works against MS. This makes me want to cry,  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
You have such a grand  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
*burp* Is this a joke  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
A REAL Bench Mark, as requested.  douglasids | 01/17/07
You got me there  xuniL_z | 01/18/07
One other thing.  xuniL_z | 01/18/07
Acceptable cost...  Anton Philidor | 01/16/07
Well, you are right when you say: "Microsoft can charge what the market  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
Acceptable cost..  leewen@... | 01/18/07
Socialism IS bad, always and everywhere  Omch'Ar | 01/16/07
Huh?  zkiwi | 01/17/07
It was originally....  xuniL_z | 01/17/07
Say what?  zkiwi | 01/18/07
not what I was saying.  xuniL_z | 01/18/07
No...  zkiwi | 01/18/07
As usual, you misread and jump all over it.  xuniL_z | 01/19/07
One more time...  zkiwi | 01/21/07
You missed a point that voids part of your tripe  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 01/17/07
Advertising by a government agency.  leewen@... | 01/18/07
Good news from the EU  whisperycat | 01/16/07
There goes your credibility.  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
RE:There goes your credibility.  joe6pack_z | 01/16/07
I'm not talking about what  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
The US government is in bed with Microsoft  whisperycat | 01/17/07
Prove it.  xuniL_z | 01/17/07
Try not to think, I feel the heat from here.  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 01/17/07
really. and you are that far off topic because.....?  xuniL_z | 01/17/07
I'm sorry, but  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
Yada yada yada  whisperycat | 01/16/07
I only champion one thing.  xuniL_z | 01/16/07
Hear the howls of outrage...  Henry Miller | 01/16/07
Becuase many miss the point  John Zern | 01/16/07
Closed Source is for the most part not needed.  slim-01 | 01/17/07
How dare you insert reason where there was none before!  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 01/17/07
First and for most the ....  ShadeTree | 01/16/07
Good point, the Windows users will get better software when there is more  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
It's about time  Boot_Agnostic | 01/16/07
Opensource on Windows  mcoulange | 01/16/07
Your site sucks  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
We look forward to seeing your site, Lovey!  whisperycat | 01/16/07
Keep looking  Loverock Davidson | 01/16/07
I guess that's why you can't wrap your brain around Ubuntu Linux.  slim-01 | 01/17/07
You ask too much of Loverock.  B.O.F.H. | 01/16/07
He did a very nice job. No flashing images, just simple and well done.  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
Yes, a wholesale switch to Windows is not the best route for many. Thanks  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
Good one.  xuniL_z | 01/17/07
Great to see that the EU understands what is going on!!!  DonnieBoy | 01/16/07
Not me!  DemonX | 01/17/07
Good Decision  hoiatl | 01/17/07
Proud to use open source  dow@... | 01/17/07
Balance, my friends  JelMin | 02/21/07

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