5 Aug
2001
5 Aug
'01
18:27
The UK Government seems to be responding to pressure. http://www.gateway.gov.uk/ was originally only available to M$ windows users or Mac users with M$ Internet Exploiter. They now claim that their website is accessible through (RedHat) Linux using Netscape 4.xx or Opera 5.x. They have removed the obfuscatory nonsense about javascript and incompatible java virtual machines (no prizes for guessing where that came from). I am still pursuing the cabinet office to answer a very obvious question about how they managed to spend public money decomoditising a public protocol. JDL