[ale] [Fwd: Microsoft Admits Contribution]

[Geoffrey]

Microsoft Admits Contribution to Think Tank That
                  Published Anti Open-Source Paper

Microsoft admits that it provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville
Institution, the think tank that recently released a white paper that
maintains open source software is not secure and that government
should instead use proprietary software.  The Institution will not
comment on specific funding for the report.

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52973,00.html

[Editor's (Paller) Note: Last year, the same think tank published a
paper extolling the benefits of Microsoft's certification programs.]


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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