On 5/1/07, tuna@supertunaman.com <tuna@supertunaman.com> wrote:
I love that company... :D

> moin moin,
>
> looks like Google is helping open up state records.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/29/google.records.ap/index.html
>
> Hopefully they're also working on getting the state to use Free and Open
> Formats as well.
>
> ciao,
>
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> I love that company... :D

me too...

A quote from the article:

<< "Unless you had a master's degree in government administration, you probably wouldn't find the actual information you're looking for," said Chris Cummiskey, Arizona's chief information officer. >>

I presume that AZ CIO guy, meant "before" the proposed changes.
(not "after"...)


On another topic;   the same article also says that EPIC
(the "Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center")
[quote:]
<< [...] recently filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission urging it to investigate Google regarding [...], as well as its proposed acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick. >>

My comment is that DoubleClick will not necessarily infect GOOG
with some kind of contagious malware / doublethink;  on the
contrary, maybe their new parent co. will turn *them*
in to a breath of fresh air.

Just my 0.02,
from
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Mike Schwartz    
Glendale  AZ
schwartz@acm.org
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