Dick Smith is an Australian Businessperson, Adventurer and Pilot. His primary business seems to be his chain of retail electronics stores, however he has recently branched out into foodstuffs and other household consumables (all "Made in Australia").
Perhaps the most famous product of this marriage is his Australianised version of "Red Head" matches: "Dick Heads!"
Jeremy Lee makes some good points with which I totally agree.
Microsoft clearly has no idea what the actual situation here is regarding broadband or they would have realised that broadband is widely available, is reliable and competitivly priced. Naturally Australias lower population density means that smaller communities are unable to access cable data yet, however almost all communities can now access satelite broadband downloads (POTS uploads).
Australia has high taxes - by strange coincidence we also have a high degree of social welfare. I can walk into any public hospital (of which there are many) get fixed up and walk out without ever being asked for my credit card number. Try doing that in good 'ol Microsoft land!
As far as Technological Security goes Australia has almost none of the problems that the US has . Still, I'm sure if we used more Microsoft products we could fix that.
The entire MS diatribe appears to me to be a totally self serving attempt to coerce government into opening up Australia so that Microsoft can invade.
great - the sooner we have ripped every last shred of valuable ore from this retchid planet the sooner we can go destroy some place else. Hooray for the human race!
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Dick Smith is an Australian Businessperson, Adventurer and Pilot. His primary business seems to be his chain of retail electronics stores, however he has recently branched out into foodstuffs and other household consumables (all "Made in Australia").
Perhaps the most famous product of this marriage is his Australianised version of "Red Head" matches: "Dick Heads!"
I'd rather put up with endless "Big Brother" whining than face the consequences of no one bothering to complain.
Have a nice day to all the people in "the land of the free".
Jeremy Lee makes some good points with which I totally agree.
Microsoft clearly has no idea what the actual situation here is regarding broadband or they would have realised that broadband is widely available, is reliable and competitivly priced. Naturally Australias lower population density means that smaller communities are unable to access cable data yet, however almost all communities can now access satelite broadband downloads (POTS uploads).
Australia has high taxes - by strange coincidence we also have a high degree of social welfare. I can walk into any public hospital (of which there are many) get fixed up and walk out without ever being asked for my credit card number. Try doing that in good 'ol Microsoft land!
As far as Technological Security goes Australia has almost none of the problems that the US has . Still, I'm sure if we used more Microsoft products we could fix that.
The entire MS diatribe appears to me to be a totally self serving attempt to coerce government into opening up Australia so that Microsoft can invade.
And that's the last thing we need.
great - the sooner we have ripped every last shred of valuable ore from this retchid planet the sooner we can go destroy some place else. Hooray for the human race!