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By: Munich Unix » CNN call him a Linux hero, but local government inspector wants to shut him

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:22:41 +0000

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By: ELMAN

ELMAN — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:04:36 +0000

I’ll bet Microsoft has much more “toxic waste” stored on desks inside their buildings than ACCRC has in it’s inventory warehouse.

Perhaps ACCRC just needs to place their computers on desks also.

By: Digg “Linux Nation” for Thursday October 4th 2007 | fsckin w/ linux

Digg “Linux Nation” for Thursday October 4th 2007 | fsckin w/ linux — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:48:48 +0000

[...] CNN call him a Linux hero, but local government inspector wants to shut him [down] James Burgett makes the top story again this week. This time the title isn’t quite so misleading. Story number 11 is also about James. Mr Burgett runs a non-profit gives away computers which run Linux. He had a routine inspection from the Deptartment of “Way-too-long-a-name” and they wanted to make sure all the computers he had lying around were on the up and up. [...]

By: Roll Call Oct 3 2007 « Chaos Motor

Roll Call Oct 3 2007 « Chaos Motor — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:19:41 +0000

[...] that most regulation serves to undermine competition and preclude new businesses, CEPA is trying to shut down a local computer recycler who rebuilds the machines, installs Linux, and donates them to local [...]

By: Jonathon Zone » Blog Archive » CNN call him a Linux hero, but local government inspector wants to shut him

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:18:35 +0000

[...] people. CNN calls him a hero, but a local government inspector from the DTSC wants to shut him down.read more | digg [...]

By: Bokono

Bokono — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:09:04 +0000

I can’t believe you people. How on earth did you turn this little piece of bureaucracy into a partisan issue.
How is this about liberalism and conservatism? How is this not just about some bureaucrat taking his job too seriously????!!?!?!

Marcellia….. “Everyone knows liberals push their own views when they get elected and don’t care what they ran on. It’s an old story that everyone knows.”

Are you out of your damn mind? Do you honestly think that this sort of behavior is exclusive to “liberals”? Have you been living in a Cracker Jack box your whole life? Maybe your only 1 or 2 years old so you haven’t gotten a feel for the political arena quite yet. What you are describing is typical of ALL POLITICIANS. That’s right. All of them from both parties do these things and more.

If you are a member of either party you are a tool in the most literal sense of the word. You are being used. You allow it. And if you are on a page like this defending your party or even worse attacking the other puppets, I mean party members, then that means you not only allow it but you like. If you try to apply your petty little partisan philosophy to things like this, then I’m afraid there is absolutely no hope for you. You are lost.
If this is the unfortunate reality you are confronted with, this is my humble (but logical) advice for you. Stop eating. Stop drinking water, and if you could, stop breathing. These are all requirements for life and those of us who choose to actually live our lives and think for ourselves are going to need them to survive. If you think life is a game, then please go play somewhere else. Because the rest of us are not having fun.

All of you hacks should be ashamed of yourselves. BE ASHAMED!

By: Steve Rush

Steve Rush — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:59:01 +0000

A possible solution would be for the ACCRC to establish the fiction that they are purchasing the scrap computers (for $0.001 each), thereby intercepting them before they become “waste.” A better solution would be for the Governator to order the beaurocrats to cut the crap or find themselves transferred to positions of zero authority and shitty working conditions. Whether he will do so will depend on how much he owes to Microsoft and the hardware manufacturers.

By: Barkingshins

Barkingshins — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:50:26 +0000

NACK: I’m glad somebody pointed that out. I’m no conservative, but I just about had an embolism when I read KALIFORNIA’s post.

Liberal = Liberal amounts of government
(This is why conservatives constantly complain about “big government”)

Conservative = Conservative amounts of government
(Liberals choose to interpret this as letting corporate America do whatever the hell it wants)

Libertarianism = Government doing exactly what is was specifically intended to do, nothing more and nothing less. Let the masses work out the rest for themselves like intelligent human beings.

(Can you tell which camp I’m in?)

By: Kevin Burton

Kevin Burton — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:40:05 +0000

Wow. This reminds me of the part in Ghostbusters where the government official from the EPA comes and shuts down their containment facility and all the ghosts go free.

By: Youda

Youda — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:09:41 +0000

Folks –

Think about the way Microsoft licenses products to schools. Because M$ has bullied the school district into blanket licenses, the schools need to abide by the terms, which often say NO NON-MS COMPUTERS MAY BE OPERATED. This guy is trying to do the right thing, but the press he just got will have M$ vultures – I mean lawyers – all over this. The schools will start to refuse his donations anyway, for fear of losing their M$ licenses.

The outcome of the complaint doesn’t matter, the press it has received has doomed Burgett. A quick look over the CA DTSC reveals close Microsoft ties – like most government agencies.