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From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Subject: RE: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning?
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 00:19:09 -0700
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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
>
>


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