Following Bill Gates' Linux Attack Money

UnderScan writes "After researching this material for about three years, Tom Adelstein tracks Microsoft's anti-Linux lobbying money: "Microsoft has unparalleled influence throughout the Federal government. On the cover of a recent edition of VarBusiness Magazine dated June 26, 2005 the editors presented a large headline which read: 'It's A Microsoft World. Five years after running afoul of the Feds, Microsoft is as powerful as ever. Pushing a platform instead of products could make it stronger still. Why nothing seems to stop it.'""

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In short...

[Otter]

1) The lobbyist whose activities have gotten Tom DeLay in trouble used to work for a firm in which William Gates Sr. was a founding partner.

2) That same firm does some lobbying for the BSA and has some Microsoft connections.

Pretty thin stuff for three years work, I'd say, especially since if the Tom DeLay stuff hadn't just fallen out it would be even thinner. The biggest thing I can see here is a bit of nepotism on how the BSA chooses its lobbyists; maybe some of you will lose sleep over that.

Anyway, connection to Linux -- zero.

By the way: Why the coyness about referring to Ralph Nader ("a well-known consumer advocate") by name? This Adelstein guy seems like a bit of a nut, so I imagine the reason is nutty, but I can't quite guess what it might be.