Malaysian Government Offers Free E-mail To All Citizens

jfruhlinger writes "Attempts to move governments to electronic communications often hit a serious snag: Governments must serve all citizens, and not all citizens have email addresses. Malaysia's solution to the problem: offer free email to every Malaysian adult. Citizens will be able to get their @myemail.my address by inserting a smartcard into a reader or presenting it in person." Would you trust your government to be your mail provider?

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Re:What difference ....

[jpapon]

So your argument against government is that they're like corporations? So wait, who CAN we trust to provide us services? Nobody?