[KLUG Members] November 2001 issue of TroubleshootingProfessional Magazine

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Thanks for the puts.

Very interesting assessment and can see the reasoning behind your
comment(s). Guess the east side might feel a little differently with
its strong labor areas - thinking it terms of Detroit and surrounding
areas that have heavy union representation.   It seems to mean unions
are still pretty strong in other areas too, but are feeling the pinch
from the folks who reside in the middle/central area (if Lansing is
considered in that part of the State).

You definitely right IMO ... those politcians can "talk the talk, walk
the walk" woo the liberals and take that money from either side of the
political spectrum.

Of course, you got that beer loving, party time, liberal school on the
East side of Lansing along with that minor league baseball club - the
Lansing Lugnuts!  Love that name ... almost as good as the minor
league hockey team we have done here called "Macon Whoopie(s)".


----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] November 2001 issue of
TroubleshootingProfessional Magazine


> >The November 2001 issue of Troubleshooting Professional Magazine is
> >themed "Linux Outlawed!", and contains quite a bit of SSSCA
material, so you
> >might find it interesting.
> >http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200111/200111.htm
> >Some of it is probably old news and the site is a bit choppy, but I
> >found it interesting that Michigan is listed as one of the states
who
> >"capitulated to Microsoft" in the 6/2001 time frame.
> >Does anyone have any background info (web site, etc.) as to why
> >Michigan apparently "opted out" of the antitrust lawsuit?  Kind of
> >surprises me that they did.
>
> First, the SSSCA has about 0% chance of becoming law.  Not that
another
> insidious proposal won't be in the pipes later, but this particular
one
> is dead in the water.  Many technology companies (including IBM,
etc...)
> have gone on record saying this is a bad idea.
>
> Second, as someone who spends a fair amount of time writing to
> representitives, etc..., and making a general stink I'd be *stunned*
if
> Michigan was part of such a lawsuit.  At least the west side is very
> uniformally pro-corporate, pro-business, and anti-labor.  Raising
issues
> of a free and open society with transparent governance will
generally
> get you a "oh, your one of those" dismissal.  (Not that we don't
have
> some at least partially well intentioned representitives,  Vern
Ehlers
> is a *very* smart guy and *always* responds to letters, etc....  But
> they know where their bread is buttered).
>
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