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Following Bill Gates' Linux Attack Money

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the green-paper-trail dept.

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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  1. So? Google has money too. by Adolph_Hitler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let Google use its Microsoft attack money. Microsoft has serious competition now. Google has more power and influence than Microsoft and Google is already politically connected.

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    People don't exist to serve systems, systems exist to serve people.
  2. MOD PARENT UP. Not a troll. by bturnip · · Score: 0, Troll

    Parent post is not a troll. First reply is a troll. I am Linux only household and it all works for me (mostly). Does that make trolls out of people who tried Linux and couldn't make it work? Oh right- Slashdot, where the inmates run the asulym and wanna-be do-nothings are the loudest critics. Do the loudest geeks and nerds all have the mentality of 4th graders? Oopps...asking for some rational thought. Mod me an unfunny troll.

  3. Three Sentences, Three Weasel Words by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 0, Troll
    In Monday's article we discussed how a dispute in the House Ethics Committee has kept the members from meeting and considering House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's activities that could have ramifications for Microsoft. In making legislators aware of many issues, the Redmond company's financial reach may be part of why the committee has delayed their investigation. Perhaps everyone involved hopes that a delay will allow the heat to pass on this and other issues.

    I'm no Microsoft booster, but that's three sentences, marked by three weasels words, indicating the author isn't sure of anything, but has to throw these points in to support his conspiracy theory.

    I stopped reading there.

    Crow T. Trollbot

  4. Re:Microsoft may not be the problem. by 110010001000 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Uh huh. Its the corporations/George Bush/Bill Gates/black helicopters/The Boogeyman that are keeping people from adopting OSS.

    If that were true then how do you explain Redhat, Linspire, etc? They are certainly corporations. How does that fit in with your conspiracy theory?

    Maybe people aren't adopting OSS for other reasons (other than George Bush whispering in their ear).

  5. Re:I don't get it by Talrinys · · Score: 0, Troll

    So true What people need to understand is, that if someone wants to do something they can do with a nice shiny GUI in Windows you shouldn't tell them: Well we have 79 different command line interfaces for that, but you don't need a GUI, you really don't, seriously, we mean it, and if we keep telling you you might believe it. Of course the pleasure of getting away from Microsoft outweighs every single little bug and irritating thing about Linux, cause if there is a bug in Linux, people cares, if it is in Windows, it's usually your fault in Microsofts eyes. You are not gonna get the average chat/surf internet user to change to Linux using that argument though, not before you can show them a nice GUI and then point out all the advantages over Windows Linux has(which by all means it does, i mean, it feels so damn nice to feel like you are interacting with an OS, not a GUI controlling a bugged program to make a bugged GUI for a working program work) Sorry for rambling :-P