Gaming Group Paid Lobbyist $100,000
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| The Entertainment Software Association, whose members include Microsoft
| Corp...
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070926/gaming_group_lobbying.html?.v=1
Microsoft snubs own staff for outsiders
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| According to the Wall Street Journal, Steve Ballmer is choosing aliens to do
| work for him rather than rely on Vole staffers.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/09/26/microsoft-snubs-own-staff
Related:
Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
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| It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into
| a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within
| 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were
| pressuring members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations
| (COGO) to remove the words they didn't like from Senate bill 1974.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244&from=rss
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
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
Changing the Report, After the Vote
http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
The INQ guide to the baleful side of PR bunnies
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| Burson M might have tried to advise against it, saying if the news gets out
| it will make Microsoft look sleazier than it already looks. Or the guys at
| Burson M might have just fallen over on their backs without a murmur. Now the
| cack has hit the fan, they'll probably get another good kicking from the Vole
| because the primary function of a PR is not only to be a flack, but to take
| the flak when the client is too frit to accept the blame.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42582
Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict
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| Microsoft may have lost in court, but it quickly tried to win the war of
| media reaction via organisations like CompTIA, the Computing Technology
| Industry Association and ACT (the Association for Competitive Technology)
| which both intervened in court on its side.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/17/reaction_microsoft_verdict/
Microsoft Looks for the Big Guns in OOXML In-Fighting
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| Bill Gates has reportedly been making phone calls to the Secretary of Defense
| and the Secretary of Commerce to push the American National Standards
| Institute to ignore the votes of its advisory committees and vote "yes" on
| ISO standardizing Microsoft's Open Office XML (OOXML) format, the one in
| competition with the OpenDocument Format (ODF) pushed by IBM and Sun.
|
| Gates reportedly picked up the phone when the last INCITS ballot failed by
| one vote to support Microsoft.
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http://xml.sys-con.com/read/419573_p.htm
The Complete Story on the US INCITS Vote
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| Well, it’s hard to take a vacation, isn’t it? Not only is it styled as “going
| quiet,” but it offers an opportunity for others to present only part of the
| story. While much of what Jason writes is accurate, it’s curious what he
| leaves out - including the fact that not one ballot, but two, have been
| circulated to the INCITS Executive Board for simultaneous voting.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070822150743399
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