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Microsoft to be more vocal about state politics
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| It would be naive to say Microsoft hasn't had
| plenty of influence on Washington politics
| through lobbyists in Olympia. But the state's
| second-largest private employer plans to be
| more publicly vocal about issues its
| leadership thinks are important, an executive
| said.
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/201353.asp
Efficient Energy: Sizing and Seizing Opportunities
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| Washington's Governor "joined us" on stage for
| a role-playing exercise. And with the help of
| a prototype Time Machine, we explored several
| opportunities for businesses, researchers and
| policymakers to create a prosperous future in
| clean energy.
|
| [...]
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| Panelist Gary Gigot is Chief Marketing Officer
| at Optimum Energy. His company reduces energy
| use in the air-conditioning systems of large,
| commercial office buildings.
|
| Forthrightness compels me to add that Optimum
| Energy is a past client. I was the company's
| interim VP of marketing in 2007, up until
| Gigot was recruited as CMO. Gigot brings his
| prior experience in marketing at Microsoft
| and, prior to that, Visio.
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/201826.asp
Recent:
Corporate lobbying against free software
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| Itâs rare to find, then, a brochure produced
| with the intent of talking down free software
| as a whole. However, Wikileaks has turned up
| just such a document: the SirsiDynix brochure
| against âopen sourceâ library software,
| distributed on a restricted basis to certain
| customers. In particular, theyâre raging
| against the likes of Evergreen and Koha. I
| should own up that Iâve known one particular
| Koha developer, MJ Ray, for a long while, but
| this isnât an area I particularly have a lot
| of direct experience. If I were a Koha
| developer, though, reading this would be a
| bit smarting: they accuse it of many things,
| in particular of having priorities belonging
| in the 80s.
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http://www.alexhudson.com/blog/2009/10/30/corporate-lobbying-against-free-software/
Hudson: Corporate lobbying against free software
http://lwn.net/Articles/359669/rss
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