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Peter R. wrote:
Ron Lee wrote: Peter, why are people there anti-GPS? Most likely because in its current form, GPS availability is controlled by the US Gov't. If the roles were reversed, I might also share this sentiment. And, the U.S. pays for it all. |
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Greg,
Which is why "Galileo" is being developed. It irks the Europeans to no end that a functional, accurate system can be offered for FREE - all the more so if it's paid for by the US. Actually, it irks some few but big European companies that they are not profiting from GPS. That's why they make the EU ask them to buil their own system... -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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![]() "Greg Farris" wrote: The way things are SUPPOSED to work is that end users and common citizens are supposed to pay high user fees for everything, to support windfall profits for a few "sweetheart" companies, who in turn support political parties. The way it works in the U. S, we put the payoffs in the Transportation Bill. Everyone helps pad the Raytheon, Lockheed, Boeing et al. bottom lines and the national credit card rockets into unexplored galaxies of debt. Regulations to make this a de facto requirement will be forthcoming as soon as Galileo shows signs of becoming operational. Exactly. Watch for international carriers to be forced to install two different systems as the U. S./Euro ****ing contest goes on and on. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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![]() "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... Exactly. Watch for international carriers to be forced to install two different systems as the U. S./Euro ****ing contest goes on and on. A one-sided ****ing contest? |
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