Mac and Linux Users Denied Access to FEMA Relief Site
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Already under major fire for its slow response to Katrina survivors, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) suffered another blow today when reports revealed that the agency’s online federal disaster relief claim form services are available only to Windows and Internet Explorer 6 users.
“Windows XP hardware requirements, while not impressive by today’s standards, rule out using some donated hardware…Furthermore, legitimate copies of Windows also cost money, and relief workers are trying to stretch their dollars as far as they can go.”
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=12557
Already under major fire for its slow response to Katrina survivors, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) suffered another blow today when reports revealed that the agency’s online federal disaster relief claim form services are available only to Windows and Internet Explorer 6 users.
“Windows XP hardware requirements, while not impressive by today’s standards, rule out using some donated hardware…Furthermore, legitimate copies of Windows also cost money, and relief workers are trying to stretch their dollars as far as they can go.”
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=12557
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