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Microsoft, Partners Probed Over Bribery Claims
c0lo writes "U.S. federal authorities are examining Microsoft's involvement with companies and individuals that allegedly paid bribes to overseas government officials in exchange for business. The United States Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have both opened preliminary investigations into the bribery allegations involving Microsoft in China, Italy and Romania. The China allegations were first shared with United States officials last year by an unnamed whistle-blower who had worked with Microsoft in the country, according to the person briefed on the inquiry. The whistle-blower said that a Microsoft official in China directed the whistle-blower to pay bribes to government officials to win business deals. U.S. government investigators are also reviewing whether Microsoft had a role in allegations that resellers offered bribes to secure software deals with Romania's Ministry of Communications. In Italy, Microsoft's dealings with consultants that specialize in customer-loyalty programs are under scrutiny, with allegations that Microsoft's Italian unit used such consultants as vehicles for lavishing gifts and trips on Italian procurement officials in exchange for government business. In a blog post Tuesday afternoon, John Frank, a vice president and deputy general counsel at Microsoft, said the company could not comment about continuing investigations. Mr. Frank said it was not uncommon for such government reviews to find that the claims were without merit. Somehow, given the way OOXML became a standard, it wouldn't surprise me if it were an actual fire that caused this smoke."
"Somehow, given the way OOXML became a standard, it wouldn't surprise me if it were an actual fire that caused this smoke."
Yea, care to back that accusation up? You're posting borderline slander, your link doesn't even point to anything except for a bunch of whiny sore losers.
No, fanboy. Its given away for no dollar amounts because the entire community expects someone else to do their work for them. Linux is in no way free, contrary to how you like to warp the usage of the word. It comes with some very well defined restrictions, and those restrictions tend to attempt to infect everything around them, which is a fairly high cost to everyone who doesn't thinks they can live in a fantasy hippie commune.
Its rather hipocritcal and ignorant of you to pretend pushing your political agenda is different than Microsoft pushing theirs. The reality of it is you don't give a flying fuck about 'open' so much as 'I don't have to pay for it'. And so does 99% of the rest of the 'free software' community. Pretending its about being 'open' is just a farce used to push your agenda via deception. If you cared about actual freedom, you wouldn't be fanboying for a license organization.
Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager
Cool cool...
So this is why I pay extortion amounts of money for an OS that sucks balls every other release?
Or how about my business paying for CALs on stupid shit that should come with the OS/Software I am working with?
I am supposed to be paying for a better product and product updates, not to line the pockets of some jackass intent on jackassery.