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Ask Jamie Love, Consumer Technology Activist

Jamie Love is head of the Ralph Nader-founded Consumer Project on Technology [CPT], one of the first groups to advocate Linux use in government and corporate settings. CPT also works to loosen or remove patent restrictions that raise the end user cost of technologies ranging from computer software to AIDS medication, and against intellectual property laws and treaties that could hamper new technology development. Jamie is one of the most respected technology lobbyists in Washington, even though his entire annual budget probably wouldn't buy a month's worth of lunches for Microsoft's PR firm. What's it like in the lobbying trenches? What can you do to help? Jamie's the one to ask. One question per post, please. 10 of the highest-moderated ones will go to Jamie by email, and we'll run his answers as soon as he gets them back to us.

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  1. secret societies? by allknowing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why are there so many secret societies?

    1. Re:secret societies? by allknowing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      ..or bilderburgers, or the masons...etc

  2. Re:What's your job really like? by prizog · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    At least *this* Nader voter would not have voted for Gore even if Nader were not an option.

    If Gore had wanted to win, he would have wooed voters like me, instead of shitting on us with the Defense Of Marriage Act and the like. The fucking moronic thing is that my local gay and lesbian activist group *still* asked me to vote for Gore.

  3. Ouch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pouring napalm into my eyes and igniting it is much less painful than having to look at that horrendous background color.