____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 10 November 2007 12:08 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Erik Funkenbusch on Saturday:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Erik Funkenbusch on Saturday:
>>>>
>>>>> No, Roy. Lobbying is *NOT* "rewriting law".
>>>>>
>>>>> You do realize that IBM also donates millions to
>>>>> political campaigns and funds lobbyists, right? Is IBM
>>>>> rewriting law too?
>>>>
>>>> Stop modifying subject line, please. Watch the references
>>>> at the bottom (yes, they *are* part of the post). Example:
>>>>
>>>> Changing the Report, After the Vote
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> That agreement was nearly imperiled last weekend, though.
>>>> Gerri Elliott, corporate vice president at Microsoft's
>>>> Worldwide Public Sector division, sent an e-mail message
>>>> to fellow commissioners Friday evening saying that she
>>>> "vigorously" objected to a paragraph in which the panel
>>>> embraced and encouraged the development of open source
>>>> software and open content projects in higher education.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
>>>>
>>>> Lookie here! Now we know that Microsoft executives help in
>>>> writing policies. Directly!
>>>
>>> You're lying again Roy.
>>>
>>> That is a more than year old article,
>>
>> Oops. I'm sorry, Fuddie. 12 months have expired, so that makes
>> it OK. Maybe those supportive letters from dead people that
>> Microsoft is responsible for are OK as well. Probation period
>> is over.
>>
>>> <snip other BS that spins things />
>
> Here's something more recent:
>
> http://linux.sys-con.com/read/453485.htm
>
> [quote]
> Mandriva Linux CEO Writes Open Letter to Steve Ballmer
> "Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in
> the morning?"
>
> By: Linux News Desk
> Nov. 1, 2007 09:30 AM
>
> The Nigerian government recently chose the Intel Classmate PC and
> Mandriva for an educational project, selecting it in spite of a
> competitive offer by Microsoft. But now it seems the Nigerian
> government is replacing Linux by Windows on the Classmate PC,
> although they paid for the Mandriva software and Mandriva CEO
> François Bancilhon has written an open letter to Steve Ballmer
> complaining of Microsoft's "unethical" behavior.
> [/quote]
>
> [quote]
> So we closed the deal, we got the order, we qualified the
> software, we got the machine shipped. In other word, we did our
> job. I understand the machine are being delivered right now.
>
> And then, today, we hear from the customer a totally different
> story: “we shall pay for the Mandriva Software as agreed, but we
> shall replace it by Windows afterward.”
>
> Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to
> change their mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will
> be clear to everyone. How do you call what you just did Steve, in
> the place where you live? In my place, they give it various
> names, I’m sure you know them.
> [/quote]
You missed the followup articles that confirm it was a case of bribery.
Microsoft is more corrupt than the Nigerian authorities. Maybe we should
promote President Robert Mugabe to head of Microsoft Corporation.
Send the chubby bully to a place where suppression is a standard, as in "we ARE
the standard.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/04/ballmer_for_mccain_administration/
"Reportedly, McCain jokingly had Ballmer in mind for the post of
ambassador to China, which would give him a chance to compare actual
communism with the Penguin-themed OS."
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