Microsoft's Political Vista
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| And earlier this week Bill Gates exerted his corporate influence on
| a Senate committee only too willing to share in the political benefit
| of his misrepresented case for unlimited H1B visa access to accommodate
| his personal ambitions.
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| Not only does Microsoft continue to sell seriously flawed software, but
| they have become so arrogant as to not care or even attempt apology.
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http://morewhat.com/wordpress/?p=1115
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Politics and tech companies: follow the money
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| For instance, Microsoft's PAC spent $1.7 million in the 2006 election
| cycle, but only a third of this went to federal candidates. What
| happened to the rest? It went to local campaigns, paid out a few
| thousand dollars at a time to groups like "Boal for Iowa House" in
| Ankeny, IA. It also funded other PACs like the "Associated Republicans
| of Texas" and the "Blue Dog Political Action Committee." No race is
| apparently too small to be funded; even Indiana State Representative
| Terri Austin of Anderson, IN got $500.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
Microsoft's past stock options practice poses questions
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| Microsoft in 1999 announced that it would end a policy of awarding
| options at monthly lows and said it would take a $217 million charge,
| though many details of that discontinued practice haven't been widely
| known, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6084617.html
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