[News] Microsoft Accused of "Briberies", by Sony
Roy Schestowitz
,----[ Quote ]
| "We don't buy exclusivity. We don't fund development. We don't, for lack
| of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform. We
| earn it." OUCH. And here we were thinking this was a business, Jack;
| silly old us.
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Microsoft is "bribing" in the same way in order to gain support for OOXML,
particular legislation, patent FUD, HD-DVD, etc.
"Bribery" (in this particular sense) has never been a bad word at Microsoft.
It's just a business strategy.
Recent:
,----[ Lessig said... ]
| Yet governments continue to push ahead with this idiot idea -- both Britain
| and Japan for example are considering extending existing terms. Why?
|
| The answer is a kind of corruption of the political process. Or better,
| a "corruption" of the political process. I don't mean corruption in the
| simple sense of bribery. I mean "corruption" in the sense that the
| system is so queered by the influence of money that it can't even get
| an issue as simple and clear as term extension right.
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http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003800.shtml#003800
,----[ Quinn said... ]
| Almost to a person, to anybody involved or who knows about
| the ODF issue, they attributed the story to Microsoft, right, wrong
| or otherwise. Senator Pacheco may be a bully but I do not believe he
| is disingenious and would stoop to such a tactic. Senator Pacheco and
| Secretary Galvin's office remain very heavily influenced by the
|
| Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine, as witnessed by their
| playbook and words, in my opinion.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729
Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
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| Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
| who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
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http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsofts-pocket/
Tom Shelton
> Sony: Microsoft "bribing" publishers for exclusive content
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | "We don't buy exclusivity. We don't fund development. We don't, for lack
> | of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform. We
> | earn it." OUCH. And here we were thinking this was a business, Jack;
> | silly old us.
> `----
>
And Sony is going to sell your user data:
http://thebrowser.blogs.fortune.com/2007/07/03/sony-playstation-to-sell-user-data-to-advertisers/
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Tom Shelton
jim
"Tom Shelton" <tom_s...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1183578582....@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
Wow... The lunacy that develops when market share drops is simply
astounding.
Instead of feeding the golden goose better feed and cleaner water and
letting it roam freely to increase its health, they pluck its feathers to
sell for pillow stuffing.
jim