Vendor Escalation, Process Politicalization, and What Needs to Happen Next
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| What needs to change: Politicalization and the recognition of Civil ICT
| Rights and Standards is a game changer for standards development. What this
| means is that we need to pay far greater attention to concerns such as
| balance, representation, and process. For example, it would be no more
| acceptable for open source advocates to “stack” a committee than for
| advocates of a single vendor, or group of vendors, since all of these
| groups – and other groups not represented at all – have a stake in the
| outcome.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080405104109438
Prosecutors question Samsung boss
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| The boss of South Korea's Samsung Group has appeared before special
| prosecutors to be questioned over allegations of corruption at the firm.
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| Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the company, the country's largest conglomerate, is
| being questioned in regard to an investigation that started in January.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7329864.stm
They are close to Microsoft. Origami, RAM, USB solutions for Windows, software
patent deal for Linux. Perfect couple.
"Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I
have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill
Google."
--Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
Related:
Samsung bribery scandal embroils politicians
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| SAMSUNG IS bracing itself for an investigation into allegations of bribery
| and corruption that go to the heart of the Korean government.
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| [...]
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| According to AFP, Kim says he saw a bribery list kept in a secret vault in
| Samsung's headquarters.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/13/samsung-bribery-scandal
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