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Re: Your hypothetical premise.
So I applied the view that California is averse to spending money on products to cable TV with results that were just as absurd as the actual legislation.

Your results are absurd only because there's no such thing as free cable TV. Go back and re-read your post. Your cable TV scenario relied on the "mandate" that cable TV be free. This bill's not mandating that software be free.


If only one output format is permitted, than any feature which produces results which cannot be saved in that format is not as useful as it might be, no?

Perhaps, but it seems to me the feature the state of California , or at least the bill's backers, are insisting upon getting is the unencumbered file format. How does this sound:

"If only one fleet MPG is permitted, than any feature which produces results which cannot be done in that MPG is not as useful as it might be, no?"

If the state wants 30 MPG from its fleet, then of what use is any feature that cannot be in a fleet that gets 30 MPG?

Not much value.



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"... forced to pay for [Microsoft Office as] a competing product..."?  Anton Philidor | 03/01/07
Re: Okay cable TV is like software.  none none | 03/01/07
Your hypothetical premise.  Anton Philidor | 03/01/07
Re: Your hypothetical premise.  none none | 03/01/07
MA tried and got shot down. Good luck, CA  ejhonda | 03/01/07
When and how...  Logics | 03/01/07
Was it shot down or sent back for more review  Boot_Agnostic | 03/01/07
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