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Red Hat Opens Lobbying Office Near DC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the subscribing-to-highlights-magazine dept.

wiredog writes "From Government Computer News comes this story about Red Hat's new lobbying office near Washington DC, and mentions that RHEL 4 will have Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 certification."

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  1. Business is business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    a company is a company
    no matter what they make
    no matter what they sell
    no matter who runs it
    no matter who works for it
    no matter how exceptional they may seem or may be
    business is still business,
    they always turn out the same way in the end, always.

  2. Just Redhat?? by Foofoobar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Shouldn't the OSDL have an office so that IBM, Redhat and all the others can lobby together instead of separately?

    Is there even an OSDL lobby?

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  3. Still Not Right by treehouse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry, I don't like Linux companies trying to get special favors from the government any more than I like Microsoft doing it. Now you might argue that Linux, being the underdog, deserves to try to balance things in Washington. Using that argument, it would be okay for a poor kid to shoplift because he needs it. Doesn't make it right.

  4. this leaves me perplexed by m2bord · · Score: 4, Insightful

    on the one hand...i like the fact that there is a company there that can counter microsoft's lobby.

    but on the otherside...i firmly believe that this is what is so horribly wrong with our government.

    lobbying by corporations seems to have made lawmakers more responsible to the lobbyist rather than the constituent

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  5. Lobbying war vs. Microsoft... by ari_j · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they hope to out-lobby MSFT, they'd have better luck putting their money into a toilet and pushing the flush handle. I hope they have a legitimate strategy to justify this move.

  6. Re:It's a nice start by pclminion · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I really can't think of any bad that can come from this.

    You can't? What about how it strengthens the ridiculous practice of corporations lobbying for corporate interests? Government is supposed to serve the people, not corporations. No matter what Red Hat's motives are.

  7. Re:Still Not Wrong by wombatmobile · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry, I don't like Linux companies trying to get special favors from the government

    Special favors? That's a whole other thing. Establishing a lobbying office is just one step towards getting seen and heard (as opposed to remaining unnoticed).

    For a Linux company to obtain special favors would require more than an office.

  8. Pessimism... by IOOOOOI · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate to point this out, but historically when a company reaches this level they are more likely to be assimiated into the status quo than to change it.