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To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (60852)	8/28/2001 12:12:28 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Rusty, as I type this I'm watching CNN online with QuickTime under IE6. Picture is fine, but sound is poor. [partly because of poor laptop speakers]. I had no trouble choosing QT over Mediaplayer and Realplayer which also reside on my PC. Gottfried

To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (60852)	8/29/2001 7:45:12 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Governments push open-source software By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com Governments around the world have found a new rallying cry--"Software libre!"--and Microsoft is working overtime to quell it. A recent global wave of legislation is compelling government agencies, and in some cases government-owned companies, to use open-source or free software unless proprietary software is the only feasible option. This legal movement, earliest and most pronounced in Brazil, but also showing signs of catching on elsewhere in Latin America, Europe and Asia, is finding ready converts as governments struggle to close sometimes vast digital divides with limited information-technology budgets. So far, there is no evidence that similar legislation is being considered anywhere in the United States, experts said. news.cnet.com Thanks to slashdot.org