US Congress To Use Skype For Video Teleconference 96
dkd903 writes "The US House of Representatives Committee on Administration has announced that Skype will be made available to the Members of Congress and their staff to improve efficiency and cut down on time spent traveling."
Seems odd (Score:3, Insightful)
But I guess now that Microsoft owns it, doesn't sound too surprising
Bunch of smarties, those guys. (Score:2, Insightful)
Just curious... (Score:3, Insightful)
I ask this because i admit that my initial response was "oh look, the government is buying into the Microsoft monoculture once again" before i stopped myself and realized that wasn't very fair.
Re:Just curious... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Just curious... (Score:2, Insightful)
Case in point, the US is not a great country. It's a country where it's obsession with taxes is leading to deteriorating infrastructure and no collective will to pay for fixing any of it. Civilizations that don't maintain their infrastructure generally collapse. The US had it's brief moments in the sun, but realistically it was an ascendant superpower from say 1900 to 2005. It's already in decline.