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Re: Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation

  • Subject: Re: Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:12:23 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <BbeVh.520396$BK1.444478@newsfe13.lga> <1300076.pSYEL6OIOC@schestowitz.com> <1176909891.894409.177230@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>
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nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> 
>>
>> They have been doing this forever. Nice to see them getting caught by
>> journalists.
> 
> Actually, the story I heard at the time of the DOJ investigation of
> Microsoft was that prior to that action, Microsoft had not bothered
> with lobbying.  They certainly changed their policies after that,
> however.  Also started destroying emails.  Learned a lot of lessons.
> 

I think that the press is far more willing to question Microsoft's
tactics than they were even 12 months ago, though.  Obviously, MS are no
longer as terrifying as they were, at least editors believe it's worth
uncovering the worst of their corrupting influence on government.

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