It will change real soon - that page hoses my wife's XP box. What we have here is a classic case of not conforming to the W3C standards, which makes the page inaccessible to several million users. Silly. George Quoting Eric : > http://cryptome.org/fcc-x-linux.htm > > > > > > > 29 December 2001. Thanks to JC/CP. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:50:52 -0600 > From: Donn aka N5XWB > To: [List removed] > Subject: http://www.fcc.gov and LINUX exclusion > > Hello Group; > > I would like to request you to contact your State Representative, > Senators > and the Federal Communication Commission Officers about a issue that > is > causing ALL UNIX/Linux and Apple users a problem. It seems that the FCC > has > chosen to exclude all NON Microshaft NT/95 users from being able to > use > their Internet Universal Licensing System which they have requested > FCC > Licenses holder to use for license renewals. > > The problem is that it requires a JavaScript Plug-in that is a > Microsoft > product only. > > Simply go to "http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls" and then select "ONLINE > FILING". > I believe this to be the complete path to the failure. Which is "This > plug-in only runs on Windows NT/95". > > We need to protect the finest operating system from being excluded from > the > United States by our Government Officials. > > -- > > 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~dwash " > Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ MSDOS Virus > 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / "Free Zone" > Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ OS > 1.281.242.3256 email:n5xwb@arrl.net Info:" http://www.hlug.org " > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >