On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Bryce Utting <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:butting@ihug.co.nz">butting@ihug.co.nz</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/13/sqlers_barred_from_oz" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/13/sqlers_barred_from_oz</a>:<br>
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&gt; Several Sun MySQLers have been denied short stay business visas to<br>
&gt; Australia - yes, Australia - as they attempted to attend a Linux<br>
&gt; conference in Hobart, Tasmania.<br>
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&gt; According to a blog post from Kaj Arno, vice president in charge of<br>
&gt; &quot;database community&quot; at Sun Microsystems, several employees - many of<br>
&gt; whom worked with MySQL - have been barred from entering Oz. Apparently,<br>
&gt; the Australian government is worried they&#39;ll unfairly compete with local<br>
&gt; businesses.<br>
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#include stdjokeaboutinsufficientconvictions.h<br>
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butting<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>Look at comment #30 on the thread - it is conjecture on this point and it is more likely Australia doesn&#39;t like their nationality in my opinion. <br><br>I&#39;ve travelled a reasonable amount and I&#39;m reluctant to put down business as a reason to enter a country as it makes it 10 times harder to enter a country... Stick to saying you are a tourist normally...<br clear="all">
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