Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

[Kenneth Wolcott]

+infinity

On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:41 AM David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Andrew Bernard <andrew.bernard@mailbox.org> writes:
>
> >> On 18/03/2023 11:44 pm, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> >>>> Hi Werner, With NBN in Australia, the speeds are amazing.  [...]
> >>> Well, a great percentage of the world does not have such amazing
> >>> circumstances...
> >
> > Well as I said, I don't know. I thought America would be way ahead.
>
> The political system in the U.S. considers bribes by lobbyists a First
> Amendment protected variant of free speech.  As a consequence, cable
> companies receiving government subsidies for implementing broadband
> coverage save a lot of money if instead of increasing broadband coverage
> they bribe the politicians responsible for implementing oversight or at
> least ensuring there is a reasonable chance for competitors to get
> access to the market.
>
> The FCC government agency responsible for regulating cable companies has
> currently spent more than a year headless, with lobbyists sabotaging an
> appointment for the leadership position after the last one had left.
>
> Sometimes it is not sufficient to be good at developing technology...
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>