It's quite possible to get your name crossed off and then not fill in the voting form correctly (or at all) or not drop it in the voting box. I've always voted, I was forced there so I might as well.
The comment about breaking compatibility isn't as easy as it sounds. The only way they can really do that is if they release a new version of Windows and set the minimum requirements for the office suite for that version.
Otherwise it won't run on their existing Windows XP and previous versions. From that perspective I believe Lindows has a chance and may become a good alternative.:-)
You say that people were too incompetent, however you obviously didn't read the new constitution or the proposed changes. I am all for a republic, but the fact was the changes sucked. As the AC said, it was probably done on purpose, and I agree.
What they should have done was had the referendum to have a simple yes/no question, do we want republic rather than incoporate the constitution in it. That way they could see if the general public wanted it, which I believe would have been yes. Then they could have made the new constitution and we'd be a republic. Eventually we'll have a republic, it's just the constitution changes that need to be "perfected".
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It's quite possible to get your name crossed off and then not fill in the voting form correctly (or at all) or not drop it in the voting box. I've always voted, I was forced there so I might as well.
The comment about breaking compatibility isn't as easy as it sounds. The only way they can really do that is if they release a new version of Windows and set the minimum requirements for the office suite for that version.
:-)
Otherwise it won't run on their existing Windows XP and previous versions. From that perspective I believe Lindows has a chance and may become a good alternative.
You say that people were too incompetent, however you obviously didn't read the new constitution or the proposed changes. I am all for a republic, but the fact was the changes sucked. As the AC said, it was probably done on purpose, and I agree.
What they should have done was had the referendum to have a simple yes/no question, do we want republic rather than incoporate the constitution in it. That way they could see if the general public wanted it, which I believe would have been yes. Then they could have made the new constitution and we'd be a republic. Eventually we'll have a republic, it's just the constitution changes that need to be "perfected".