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Re: [News] Green Party Accuses Microsoft of "Unacceptable Bribery" in OLPC Project

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:30:51 -0800, John Bailo wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Green Party slams Microsoft OLPC involvement
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "Microsoft wants to restrict the greatest profits in the knowledge economy
>> | to already established software corporations like itself.
>> | 
>> | "By installing its programs on these laptops Microsoft hopes to create
>> | market domination and vendor lock in. That is unacceptable bribery.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2170267/update-green-party-labels
> 
> The Greeeeen Party.
> 
> Ooooo.   Scary.

They are a bit if you think about it. They want to "decentralize wealth."
And while they do want a smaller national government they want much more
powerful, if not downright absolutist local governments with insanely high
tax rates. All mixed with extreme environmentalism. Sounds like a toss up
between fuedalism and communism, with standard of living getting tossed
right out the window from both an economic angle *and* an environmental
angle. Their politics scare me enough.

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