On 25 Oct 2002, Ken Foskey wrote:

> > http://www.ooodocs.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=265
> >
> > The GPL has come under heavy attack in the US House of Reps. It seems that Bill
> > Gates has figured out that what the RIAA can do, he can do, so he set a few
> > bought and paid for reps in an attempt to blast the GPL out of existance. Wired
> > has a good story, Slashdot is buzzing, and Google News has the goods from all
> > over the net.
> >
> > Read more with links at
> > http://www.ooodocs.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=265

If you follow one of the links in the one of the discussion threads on
Slashdot, you come to this page

http://www.opensecrets.org/

There's a search box on the side bar which reads "Look up an Individual
Donor".

Type "Microsoft" in the box and see what you get

If you add up all the amounts M$ have donated to the US political arena in
the last 2 years, you get more than 1.8 million dollars.

No wonder the US government is sucking up to Bill! what chance has Linux
got?

DaZZa

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