Re: OT? MS only government applications.

[David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Crawford wrote:

> On Wednesday 20 April 2005 11:32, Robin Laing wrote:
>  
>
> > Even though I am Canadian, I came across this today and I thought that
> > the users in the US may want to do something about it.
> >
> > Federal Grant Applications to Require Windows
> > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/20/0026221&tid=103&tid=98&tid=
> > 201&tid=17
> >    
>
> Thanks for pointing that out, Robin.  I've written to grants.gov and to all of 
> my relevant representatives about this issue.  As a former library student, 
> I'm quite sensitive to the issue of document portability.
>
>  
Yes, thank you indeed, Robin!  The behavior of that government entity is 
totally unacceptable to this U.S. taxpayer.