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Wow... talk about a reign of terror. This is a great example of why governments should never, ever be involved in proscribing use of specific technologies. ActiveX chosen for the sake of security?

... or, say, anything else that involves interpreting complex technical issues such as software patents.

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> This is a great example of why governments should never, ever be involved in proscribing use of specific technologies.

I don't know about that. It's now a liability, but a decade ago it probably helped the meteoritic rise of broadband (and broadband-based services including secure ones) and internet usage in Korea. And was part of it anyway (the Korean government very heavily pushed broadband and internet usage in the 90s and early 00s)

Exactly. Governments usually tender out massive contracts to the private sector, and there were very few companies at that time that could probably meet the technical demands. Hence the lock-in.

I guess the problem I see is that they tend to move too slowly. So, they might adopt the technology that was right for two years ago, and then replace it 5 years too late.

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