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On Monday 17 September 2007 16:47, Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:56:58 +0100 > > Simon Williams <systemparadox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > One would have thought that the country that cracked Enigma (via a > government agency) could have created a new code system that replaced > all the incompatible systems but no, someone thought it would cost more > that way. Never - more than £5bn to create an open system of codes for > products that typically already have barcodes???? > > Absolute farce, the whole thing. Thats PFI for you! Its all a ploy by some socialist genius mole buried deep in government to prove that public ownership is not as bad as the alternatives! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html