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Why The U.S. Surrendered To Microsoft

Posted by timothy on from the follow-the-money dept.

hoggardb writes: "The Nation has an excellent column by Eben Moglen, general counsel of the FSF, on why the U.S. has surrendered to Microsoft: because the big campaign contributors like Hollywood and PC manufacturers now want Microsoft to stay a monopoly." Not everyone will agree about the PC makers, but the Hollywood argument is harder to sidestep. The free-marketeer in me especially likes the last paragraph -- Moglen didn't get to be general counsel of the FSF for nothing.

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  1. Re:Smoking crack? by Fred+Ferrigno · · Score: 3, Funny

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