__/ [ chrisv ] on Thursday 21 September 2006 13:35 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>Parts of Europe are already migrating to Linux on the desktop. Clearly they
>>have had enough. And I don't think that astroturfing and lobbying helps
>>either, namely the type of thing that encouraged software patents and
>>legistlation pushed on by corporations. Why, for example, should it be
>>illegal to play DVD's on Linux, an open and unieversal platform?
>>
>>Side note: Google seems to have joined the same wave recently, quite sadly.
>
> I don't understand your "side note". What "wave" has google joined?
Here is some further information.
Don't Be Evil -- Hire It Done
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| "The NY Times among others is reporting that Google is ramping up its
| lobbying clout (registration or bugmenot required). The 'Don't be evil'
| search engine company has hired the infamous astroturfing and dirty
| tricks firm Direct Connect, Inc. You may remember DCI from their recent
| attempts to pass off their 'Penguin Army' video as a product of some
| lone wit, unconnected with their client, Exxon. Or their involvement in
| Microsoft's 'even dead voters love Microsoft' campaign. With a staff of
| veterans in the biz (such as Chris 'Swiftboat' LaCivita and Jim
| 'Electioneering' Tobin), led by Tom 'Big Tobacco on the Dole' Synhorst,
| I'm sure DCI will be able to give Google whatever they're paying them
| for. The question is, what are they paying them for? And does 'Don't be
| evil' imply 'Don't pay professionals to be evil for you?' Or could
| there possibly be a non-evil reason to hire these clowns?"
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http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/14/1534224&from=rss
Also see:
Google forms political pressure group
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1355970172&rid=-50
Best wishes,
Roy
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