[Am-info] Re: Electronic voting [was: Gates gets governmemnt security at tax payer expense]

[Mark Dodel]

In <0039615930.00000E4X@[192.168.0.3]>, on 08/02/04 at 10:44 AM,
   "John Angelico" <talldad@kepl.com.au> said:

>On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:54:16 -0300, Mark Dodel wrote:


>Uh, gentlemen in the US of A.

>Please remember that 
>a) this is an international list (I'm in Australia)
>b) you are getting decidely off topic

I do believe the original post was on topic, as it shows the power Bill
Gates and Microsoft have in the United States, which last I looked is
where they are located and where they lost a lengthy Anti-Trust trial,
with the resultant mediocre penalties gutted at the behest of their
lackies in the then new administration.

As to electronic voting, that is an international issue.  I seem to recall
that some of the earliest widespread use was in Australia.  Was Microsoft
involved in that?  And were there problems either way?  Was there any form
of non-electronic audit trail?


Mark 

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