16 Aug
2005
16 Aug
'05
2:54 p.m.
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 13:31 +0530, Anand M R wrote:
That apart, by enclosing public data in closed formats the government is PROMOTING somebody elses business and forcing the public to purchase software to access that data.
Since its our money (as taxpayers) can we do something about it??
AFAIK, we cannot dictate which software to use or not use. The government wants to be vendor neutral.
All we CAN say is to publish in an open format with no patents/IP attached.
Regards,
ah