Microsoft captures New Orleans.

[Spinaroonie]

New Orleans. The fall of New Orleans.

If this deal goes through that means as MS-Passport enabled city beauracracy. Adding in a whole new breed of red tape that only MS can untangle.

MS's Passport technology is also a consideration for the National-ID system.

I need to stop reading news sites.

Here's a source...

Originally from the belly of Rob Malda
An anonymous reader writes: "The New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that Mayor Nagin is considering letting Microsoft upgrade the city's computers free of charge. The catch? New Orleans eventually has to buy the software and Microsoft gets to use the city as a marketing model to push this on the rest of the country." According to the article, a similar Microsoft developed for Oklahoma "is expected to expand into accident reporting, video arraignment and automated pawn-shop-ticket tracking." So don't worry about privacy -- it's all taken care of. Open bidding's taken care of too: "Because these services are considered a gift, the city won't have to publicly bid the project." Sounds like dirty pool to me.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/newsstory/o_microsoft16.html

 

[modest mouse]

This is fucked up!

If you live in New Orleans you should be writing to your local representative ASAP.

Will a blue screen of death pop up during Mardi gras now?



(Thanks for the Linux info, btw)

 

[Spinaroonie]

This is fucked up!

If you live in New Orleans you should be writing to your local representative ASAP.

Will a blue screen of death pop up during Mardi gras now?



(Thanks for the Linux info, btw)

Yeah, I'd write to an Oklahoman rep, if I was one and if I knew who was gonna replace J. C. Watts.

You make the switch, MM?

 

[Anais Dahl]

The idea of this makes me sick as well. Nagin is a moron and the city is going all to hell in a handbasket for it. I really do not want to live in MicrosoftCity. Oh the humanity.

 

[lovetoread]

Bill Gates is god.

The sooner we all understand that,the better off we will be.

 

[SINthysist]

How much longer will the Big Easy be above water anyway...?

 

[modest mouse]

Havnt had the time or money to make a switch. lame excuse, I know, but the truth. I am thinking notebook computer purchase and need to figure out which route to go.

 

[Spinaroonie]

The idea of this makes me sick as well. Nagin is a moron and the city is going all to hell in a handbasket for it. I really do not want to live in MicrosoftCity. Oh the humanity.

Yeah, just had to warn my uncle that the Borg are coming.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Havnt had the time or money to make a switch. lame excuse, I know, but the truth. I am thinking notebook computer purchase and need to figure out which route to go.

With Linux the way it is, I don't blame you.

BTW, you might want to check out Lindows.com

 

[lilpriss]

I hate to break it to you guys, but your local sheriff's dept can find out about pawn transactions and all sorts of stuff too. It's really not all that hard. Just need a name and/or birhtdate and/or tag number... yada yada yada...

You only think you have any privacy. Sure maybe from your next door neighbors... but that's about it.

 

[Spinaroonie]

I hate to break it to you guys, but your local sheriff's dept can find out about pawn transactions and all sorts of stuff too. It's really not all that hard. Just need a name and/or birhtdate and/or tag number... yada yada yada...

Still... This is of Orwellian proportions. A city, run by a software company. Plus if they get the nod for the national-ID, it'll tie right in. Yeah, the sheriff might have my ticket, but then it stays with him. With this system it can be everywhere and anywhere.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Politicians routinely whore out the citizens' money and resources to corporations. What's the big deal?

 

[Spinaroonie]

Politicians routinely whore out the citizens' money and resources to corporations. What's the big deal?

The problem is that they did it this time to one of the most notoriously evil companies out there.

Not only do that have an antitrust settlement against them, it's that their list of unethical buisness practices go on and on and on and on and on.

This is a corporation that won't sell people products, but instead only sell them permission to use them.

This company that will issue a "critical" upgrade which changes the liscence on your computer to allow them to spy on everything that you are doing.

This is a company that backstabs non-competitors (Kodak)

But more than all of that....

This is a company that strives for dominance in only one form. Total control of every electronic device. No user rights. No competition. To create a complete dependance on the company, destroying innovation and opting for obediance.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

In other words, it's a business.

What's good for GM or Microsoft is good for Amerika.

 

[GuyJD]

This is fucked up!

If you live in New Orleans you should be writing to your local representative ASAP.

Will a blue screen of death pop up during Mardi gras now?



(Thanks for the Linux info, btw)

I used to live there and New Orleans ran Harra's Casino out. It won't be too long before they run Microsoft out too.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

I used to live there and New Orleans ran Harra's Casino out. It won't be too long before they run Microsoft out too.

LOL - think again. . . .

Harrah's New Orleans