EU Trade Commissioner Enjoyed MS Hospitality

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 22, 2005 @04:49AM from the questionable-company dept.

Brian Blessed writes "Today's edition of The Times contains a report that Peter Mandelson, the EU (European Union) Trade Commissioner, spent New Year's Eve as a guest of Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, in the Carribean on Mr Allen's luxury yacht. The story mentions the conflict of interest that this causes because of the protracted legal battle between Microsoft and the European Commission. Perhaps the Trade Commissioner has also been in a position to influence the progress of European Software Patent legislation?"

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Fraud in government? by nurb432 · 2005-04-22 05:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

Gasp! Who would have ever thought.

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Apologies in advance... by nganju · 2005-04-22 05:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

If only microsoft hadn't dropped its support for gay rights yesterday.

I can see the headlines already:
"Peter, Paul, Married"

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