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Re: [Rival] Microsoft Caught Paying Politicians

<nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jun 4, 8:29 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
>> | who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsoft...
>>
>> Named. And shamed.
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
>>
>
> Notice that the dollar amounts are small, maybe $20,000 total on the
> list of donations to House members, while the Reg article says 8
> something million altogether political donations in 2005.  This is
> still peanuts for Microsoft, but a lot more than the $20,000 on the
> list for the House, so one wonders where in detail the $8 million
> went.  (It's peanuts for Microsoft, but a big deal in elections.)
> Part of the effort is in preventing the $300 something million fine
> from the EU, so their expenses are very small measured against that.
>
> I'm amazed at how little money it takes to bribe legislators.  I've
> heard that $5,000 is enough in Washington to influence legislation,
> and Microsoft is spending only $1,000 on a lot of congressmen (Pelosi
> got more, presumably for being Speaker).
>


This is much wiser and the money is better spent making perfectly legal
political contributions than to raise a bunch of money only to waste it by
putting a stupid penguin sticker on a race car that crashes 1/10th of the
way into some race.

Inefficiency - it's what linux is all about ain't it? Why focus on a few
killer distros when you can have 764 sucky ones.




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