[Fwd: Re: [ILUG] Government use of OSS]

[Josh Glover]

2009/3/6 David Howe <david.howe at howesystems.com>:

> In fact the most celebrated interchange format ASCII was insisted on by
> Lyndon Johnson's administration because of the fear of market abuse by
> dominant players. The US administration then had the foresight that so few
> administrations exhibit now.

Well, yes and no. Remember a little "police action" called Vietnam?

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Cheers,
Josh