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Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:
> http://www.wlug.org.nz/ParliamentaryQuestions
>
> On Thursday the 18th of November, the WLUG was privileged to have
> RodneyHide, the leader of NewZealand's ACT political party, address us.
>
> See the MeetingTopics.2004-11-18 page for an outline of this enjoyable
> meeting.
>
> The WLUG should focus on raising Parliamentary questions, and Rodney will
> endeavor to assist us in formulating these in the most effective manner.
>
> Notes on the process:
>
> Questions should be as specific as possible, especially with respect to
> dates. This makes evading the questions difficult.
> The original answer documents can be requested if there is a suspicion
> that the provided answer may be male bovine fecal matter.
>
> With that in mind:
>
> RodneyHide asked us what questions we'd like various government
> departments asked. This page is where we can discuss questions and talk
> about rewording them before their submission. Each question is made into
> a title so that the discussion about that question can happen underneath.
> How much money has this department spent in the last financial year on
> commercial proprietary software products?
>
> Does this relate to maintaining/maintenance charges, or to purchase of
> new products? Suggest modifying to 'How much money has this department
> spent in the last financial year purchasing new commercial proprietary
> software products for which a viable open source alternative exists.'' -
>
> [...]
>

Microsoft ??? Where ???

Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:
> In article <> in nz.comp on Fri, 26 Nov 2004
> 00:57:19 +1300, Alex Axolotl <> says...
>
>>Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:
>
> <plonk>
>
> So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th
> email address stolen off someone else's domain?

The Dunford Sidestep
Just answer the question
Where is Microsoft mentioned and how are they being bashed ?

http://www.wlug.org.nz/ParliamentaryQuestions

On Thursday the 18th of November, the WLUG was privileged to have
RodneyHide, the leader of NewZealand's ACT political party, address us.

See the MeetingTopics.2004-11-18 page for an outline of this enjoyable
meeting.

The WLUG should focus on raising Parliamentary questions, and Rodney will
endeavor to assist us in formulating these in the most effective manner.

Notes on the process:

Questions should be as specific as possible, especially with respect to
dates. This makes evading the questions difficult.
The original answer documents can be requested if there is a suspicion
that the provided answer may be male bovine fecal matter.

With that in mind:

RodneyHide asked us what questions we'd like various government
departments asked. This page is where we can discuss questions and talk
about rewording them before their submission. Each question is made into
a title so that the discussion about that question can happen underneath.
How much money has this department spent in the last financial year on
commercial proprietary software products?

Does this relate to maintaining/maintenance charges, or to purchase of
new products? Suggest modifying to 'How much money has this department
spent in the last financial year purchasing new commercial proprietary
software products for which a viable open source alternative exists.'' -

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On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:57:19 +1300, Alex Axolotl wrote:

> Microsoft ??? Where ???

Also... Where is the bashing?

They sound like the tamest set of parliamentary questions in history.

Cheers
Anton

In article <> in nz.comp on Fri, 26 Nov 2004
00:57:19 +1300, Alex Axolotl <> says...
> Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:
<plonk>

So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th
email address stolen off someone else's domain?

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:21:53 +1300, Patrick Dunford wrote:

> In article <> in nz.comp on Fri, 26 Nov 2004
> 00:57:19 +1300, Alex Axolotl <> says...
>> Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:
> <plonk>
>
> So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th email
> address stolen off someone else's domain?

Actually the addresses aren't exactly 'stolen'

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/7319

And at one time using them was the only way to munge your email address
when using a certain free german news server.

Cheers
Anton

Patrick Dunford wrote:
>>Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:

> So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th
> email address stolen off someone else's domain?

go to privacy.net and have a read patrick... it is there for a good reason.

Dave - Dave.net.nz wrote:
> Patrick Dunford wrote:
>
>>>> So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th
>>>> email address stolen off someone else's domain?
>
>
>>> go to privacy.net and have a read patrick... it is there for a good
>>> reason.
>
>
>> And your point is?
>
>
> if people dont want to post with a real addy, thats their business,
> no-one elses.

nomail.invalid a real address ????
<snigger>

Patrick Dunford wrote:
> In article <> in nz.comp on Fri, 26 Nov 2004
> 17:50:58 +1300, Dave - Dave.net.nz <> says...
>
>>Patrick Dunford wrote:
>>
>>>>>So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th
>>>>>email address stolen off someone else's domain?
>>
>>>>go to privacy.net and have a read patrick... it is there for a good reason.
>>
>>>And your point is?
>>
>>if people dont want to post with a real addy, thats their business,
>>no-one elses.
>
>
> That isn't the issue, it is using someone else's domain that you don't
> own.

dave doesn't own gmail.com either

In article <> in nz.comp on Fri, 26 Nov 2004
15:08:37 +1300, Dave - Dave.net.nz <> says...
> Patrick Dunford wrote:
> >>Paranoid Looney Patrick Dunford wrote:
>
> > So are you posting under your real name, still using about your 10th
> > email address stolen off someone else's domain?
>
> go to privacy.net and have a read patrick... it is there for a good reason.

And your point is?