Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Google to recruit a bevy of Europeans lobbyists
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Google, the search engine heavyweight, is no longer prepared to
>| stay out of the business of fashioning the political environment
>| for decisions made in Europe. For lobbying work on its behalf the
>| company is at present searching in numerous large European cities
>| for politics-savvy lawyers; one such "European Policy Counsel"
>| position will be available in Hamburg/Berlin.
> `----
>
> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/87158/from/rss09
>
It is so sad that this is happening - I really do not want US litigation
and lobbying culture exported here, but I suppose that as we already
have the abusive monopoly, Microsoft, then this is inevitable. Shame.
> Trusting Microsoft: Not Going to Happen
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Even though product activation at the literal level has nothing to do
>| with the security of the OS, it most certainly has plenty to do with
>| the credibility of a company that wants us to trust them. If these
>| guys cannot even keep people from pirating their operating system,
>| then why in the world would we want to trust them with anything
>| mission critical? Then the entire belief system oozing out of
>| Microsoft headquarters is just foreign to me.
> `----
>
> http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2506&Itemid=449
>
>
> Related:
>
> MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
> http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
>
>
> The Sorry State of Massachusetts
> http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2006111603531029
>
>
> Microsoft offers schools in Mass. free software (to stop ODF adoption)
> http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6090196.html?part=rss&tag=6090196&subj=news
>
>
> Microsoft plays Massachusetts Senate card
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32515
>
>
> Politics and tech companies: follow the money
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
>
>
> Years of deadlock on EU patent bring some new thinking
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/08/business/patents.php
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "A source that deals with the company said unofficially that Gates
>| proposed Microsoft's Digital Rights Management technology as a national
>| standard to fight piracy at the governmental level."
> `----
>
> http://www.kommersant.com/p719683/r_528/
>
>
> Leaked letter warns of open source 'threat to eco-system'
> http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7109
>
>
> Study: open source needs official support; Lobbyist disagrees with "flawed"
> conclusions
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061017-8011.html
>
>
> Report Says Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200889.html
>
>
> Open Source Foes In Bed With Abramoff
> http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/12/2036223&from=rss
>
>
> EU official joins consultancy serving Microsoft
> http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-10-03T134311Z_01_L03693228_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-OFFICIAL.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
>
>
> US ambassador to the EU was former Microsoft lobbyist
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34706
>
>
> US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
>
>
> Changing the Report, After the Vote
> http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
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