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In article <3631268E.59A9@pop.removethistomailme.net>,
John Miles  <jmiles@pop.removethistomailme.net> wrote:
>Peter da Silva wrote:
>> >> The solution set includes having open APIs or having a regulated monopoly.

>> >We will all regret the day that we let government regulate software.

>> It's government regulatin of software that lets Microsoft maintain its
>> position. The way they've taken the regulations and turned them into
>> weapons against reverse engineering, cloning, and other methods for
>> reproducing their proprietary interfaces are worthy of a batallion of
>> Stallmans.

>Really?  What has Stallman done for me lately?

You don't know my opinion of Stallman, or you wouldn't ask that. I said
"worthy of", not "worth". The two phrases sound similar, but they don't
mean the same thing at all.

>If you think Bill Gates sucks, just *wait* until you see how Janet Reno
>does the same job.

Bill Gates wouldn't have had the opportunity to demonstrate how much he
sucked if the US Government hadn't already handed him his monopoly on
such things as bogus algorithm patents and a fraudulent FIPS-151
qualification. And what's come out about the C2 certification they're
making sales on is pretty vile.

So, Janet and her predecessors are already doing Bill's job.

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