[Asterisk-biz] anti trust law against cisco , good for the industry.

[Paul]

Rusty Shackleford wrote:

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>>[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul
>>Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:03 PM
>>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] anti trust law against cisco 
>>,good for the industry.
>>Watcing every other country get new toys is not what inspires 
>>us to take 
>>action. When we can hear the UK cash registers ringing up 
>>sales from the 
>>other side of the Atlantic we can get very demanding. We revolted 
>>against the king of England and won. Make us angry enough and we will 
>>also revolt against our own FCC.
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>That's a bit naïve, I think. There are very large corporate interests at
>work here - VERY large. They wield enough influence to tilt entire
>elections in their favor if need be. Buying legislation that is in their
>interest was perfected by the communications industry. Do you REALLY
>think some "grass roots" movement is going to make much of a difference?
>
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I am not naive at all. I was joking about greed being the motivation for 
any new "american revolution". If our cash registers are quiet here it 
might actually be louder than the "shot heard around the world" was.