I suspect they try to cut the middlemen, e.g. IBM.
Microsoft buys 10 pct in India's TCS China venture
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| Microsoft Corp. has bought a 10 percent stake in a Chinese venture that
| is majority owned by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., a senior TCS official
| said on Thursday.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061123:MTFH07829_2006-11-23_09-19-30_BOM197124&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/wlv9b
Controlling the technical decision makers is similar to controlling
politicians (lobbying) and buying the media (bias & brainwash), e.g.:
Open Source Foes In Bed With Abramoff
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/12/2036223&from=rss
Microsoft plays Massachusetts Senate card
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32515
Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers; $350 million to MediaNews
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849
Microsoft Traps and Hunts for Bloggers in India !!
http://i5bala.blogspot.com/2006/10/microsoft-traps-and-hunts-for-bloggers.html
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