FOSS Factory Inc. Announces $25,000 Prize for Free/Open Source Software
Development
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| Up to $25,000 will go to developers who add voice and video chat to Pidgin, a
| popular instant messaging client released under the GNU General Public
| License (GPL). The prize is being offered to promote a new bounty-based
| free/open source software (FOSS) funding website.
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| [...]
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| FOSS Factory's new system lets participants split bounties into tiny
| sub-projects. That way, developers can collaborate without worrying about how
| the money will be divided, and they can get paid as they go. There is no need
| for project bidding, or exclusive developer selection: Anyone can participate
| as their time permits.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb838574.htm
Microsoft thinks bigger. Legalise bribery, aka lobbying.
Microsoft lobbied for immigration reform
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| Microsoft Corp. spent $9 million in 2007 to lobby for immigration and patent
| reforms, tax credits and cybersecurity among numerous other matters.
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| The software company spent $4.2 million in the second half of 2007 to lobby
| the federal government, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb. 13
| by the Senate's public records office. It lobbied on government purchases of
| software, including electronic health products, cybersecurity for critical
| infrastructures, high-speed Internet issues, online advertising and free
| trade agreements.
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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8VTAVIO2.htm
Related:
US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
Report Says Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff
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| E-mails released by the committee show that Abramoff, often
| with the knowledge of the groups' leaders, exploited the tax-exempt
| status and leveraged the stature of the organizations to build
| support among conservatives for legislation or government action
| sought by clients including Microsoft Corp., mutual fund company
| DH2 Inc., Primedia Inc.'s Channel One Network, and Brown-Forman,
| maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200889.html
http://tinyurl.com/y2rbpu
Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
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| Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
| who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
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http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsofts-pocket/
Politics and tech companies: follow the money
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| Microsoft took first place with $651,100 given out, while
| Hewlett-Packard gave only $185,550, and Gateway gave a paltry
| $2,000. Microsoft's donations certainly illustrate well the true
| size of the company and the extent of its political concerns.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
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