Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 00:19:09 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> Cc: "David Johnson" <djohnson@acuson.com>, "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@imagescape.com>, <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning? Message-ID: <004a01c10522$c85ab7e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010704004007.A15235@mooseriver.com>
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Yes, this was mentioned already. The point I was trying to make is that the Microsoft political campaigns only started up recently - right around the time that Gates stopped making his speeches about how technology and government shouldn't mix. (unless, of course, Government was purchasing software, in that case mixing was OK. ;-) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Josef Grosch [mailto:jgrosch@mooseriver.com] >Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:40 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: David Johnson; Kenneth P. Stox; freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning? > > >On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:13:30AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> Bill Gates has made no secret of his belief that government >> needs to stay the fuck out of High Tech. If he were contributing to >> poliical causes, doing that effectvely undercuts his hands-off arguement > >According to the San Jose Mercury New, microsoft donated over $8 million to >various election campaigns. The majority, 58%, went to Republican >causes. Gates and company were busy buying political coverage in the last >election cycle. Another example of do as I say not as I do. > > >Josef > >-- >Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.3 >jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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