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Following Microsoft political money
Following Microsoft political money
Posted Nov 8, 2004 17:39 UTC (Mon) by frazier (subscriber, #3060)In reply to: Microsoft's protocol license agreement by cpm
Parent article: Microsoft's protocol license agreement
- Bush: Microsoft Corp = $193,040 (19th on the list)
- Kerry: Microsoft Corp = $269,047 (5th on the list)
I didn't vote for either Kerry or Bush this political cycle.
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Following Microsoft political money
Posted Nov 9, 2004 7:35 UTC (Tue) by mbp (guest, #2737) [Link]
It may be that Microsoft employees/shareholders/alumni donated a comparable or larger amount of money to that given directly in Microsoft's name. I wouldn't be surprised if it skewed towards Kerry too, given the north-west and intelligence bias.
Following Microsoft political money
Posted Nov 9, 2004 9:48 UTC (Tue) by frazier (subscriber, #3060) [Link]
The bigger moral is that both parties are playing (payed) in the battle for information rights. I hope everyone out there that cares about information rights will bark at their corresponding political parties.
Bark! Say "This sucks and I won't support it!" I have no party affiliation, but if I did, I wouldn't have voted for either major presidentail candidiate regardless. #5 (Kerry) vs. #19 (Bush) just doesn't attract to me either way. This was an easy election to win, but the Democrats presented #5 instead.