[LUAU] The Zen of Microsoft...

[Jim Thompson]

A-Open is set to ship a Intel-powered clone of the macmini.  It comes 
with a Celron  Linspire on it for $399
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8464432110.html

Can you say "MythTV"?   I knew you could.

Now, can you say "dirty politics"?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=2110

November 2, 2005
Bill-bomb dropped on OpenDocument Format in Massachusetts
Posted by David Berlind @ 7:38 pm

This is relatively late breaking news and more details won't be known 
until tomorrow.  Two days after a Senate oversight committee in 
Massachusetts (1) questioned the authority of the state's IT department 
(ITD) to standardize on formats for storing public documents and (2) 
demanded that state officials take more time to study the potential 
impact of setting the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard, an 
economic stimulus bill that goes before the Massachusetts Senate 
tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005) has been suddenly amended with text 
that, if passed, would essentially subjugate all IT procurements and ITD 
decisions including standard setting to a special task force.
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Jim "Monkey Pose" Thompson
    -- who thinks "Namaste" on HDNET is possibly the best show on 
television.