[discuss] Re: Erosion of access to public information/education, etc.

[Monty]

Well, the M$ grip on the government of Canada/Ontario continues
unabaited, in fact, possibly even speeding up!

Take a look at this new 'e-learning' site by the Minister of
education.  In all it's .aspx glory or lack thereof.  What?  You're a
tax payer, who has paid for this (dearly) , and you want access to
this information?  Sorry, you'll need a password, etc.  Yep, public
education denied to anyone who doesn't login.  Courtesy of M$ et al.

http://www.elearningontario.ca/eng/

More examples of the lockin/lockdown of taxpayer funded education
systems/information/etc.

http://resources.elearningontario.ca/

And of course, this was posted today:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/02/07/1810240.shtml

I do hope that the message will get out to all the parties (and the
grassroots) in the next election, that this slow, constant erosion of
access to information/systems etc., funded by taxpayers, should be
open at all times to all members of the public.