tman

Thanks for the blog. I have three major concerns: (1) The idea of a net filter is utterly unworkable and will kill any benefit of broadband. Filters are a family strategy, not a government one. (2) Something serious has to be done about removing Telstra's stranglehold on infrastructure; I hope and pray that the new NBN will finally do this. Senator Conroy has so far not provided much hope that Telstra's ongoing bully tactics are to be countermanded. (3) All government departments should be actively involved in open source initiatives so that proprietary file formats and software do not strangle competition and consumer choice. For instance, I have already suffered from Tax Office decisions to only support Windows software for certain business interactions: this is utterly unacceptable and unnecessary in 2008. Australia was myopic for abstaining at the vote on OOXML and now we have an unweildy and unwanted Microsoft-dictated policy to adhere to.