Re: Benefits of Cairo backend over Ghostscript for PDF

[David Kastrup]

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