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Texas Senate Proposes a Budget With a No-Vista-Upgrades Rider
CWmike writes "The Texas state Senate yesterday gave preliminary approval to a state budget that includes a provision forbidding government agencies from upgrading to Windows Vista without written consent of the legislature. Sen. Juan Hinojosa, vice chairman of the Finance Committee, proposed the rider because 'of the many reports of problems with Vista ... We are not in any way, shape or form trying to pick on Microsoft, but the problems with this particular [operating] system are known nationwide,' Hinojosa said during a Senate session debating the rider (starting at 4:42 of this RealMedia video stream). 'And the XP operating system is working very well.' A Microsoft spokeswoman said in response, 'We're surprised that the Texas Senate Finance Committee adopted a rider which, in effect, singles out a specific corporation and product for unequal treatment. We hope as the budget continues to go through the process, this language will be removed.'"
Texas follows different set of laws. I'm sure Microsoft can just pray to have that done.
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
We're surprised that the Texas Senate Finance Committee adopted a rider which, in effect, singles out a specific corporation and product for unequal treatment.
I'm surprised that they would single out a specific corp/product by name. Not so much that they would "in effect". I thought that was the standard way they did things -- don't name a company or product, but specify the product requirements so specifically that there was precisely one product that met them all. Then when they wanted to change their mainstream products they had to keep an old line just to produce the government-required product, and this was part of why the government ends up paying out the nose for everything.
But I guess it's harder to disallow a specific product via the same method. "No Texas Government Agency shall install an operating system with an obnoxious security mechanisms that constantly ask your permission to do everything and gets in your way when you're browsing sketchy pr0n sites..."
The enemies of Democracy are
till Steve Breathing Apparatus Ballmer strides in black cape, and booming voice:
"I am altering the deal...pray I do not alter it further..."
There, fixed that for ya.
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
Sssh! Your going to give Microsoft's business plan away!
Okay, let's remove the bit where they say your best selling operating system is "working very well".
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If it made VISTA mandatory; and outlawed use of BSD, Linux, Solaris, and Mac O/S by anyone with long term jail sentences at hard labor, Microsoft would be praising it as progressive, enlightened, and humanistic.
If you want your life to be different, live it differently.
They'll send Ballmer to throw chairs at the Legislature.
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Also, this transmission will not fit in the car you currently own. You might need to upgrade parts of the car. In fact, it's probably best if you buy an entirely new one. The transmission comes free with the new one! Free I tell you!