On 16 Mar 2002 at 0:48, matthew X wrote: > Microsoft's Coziness with U.S. Justice Department > I was accused of sheer paranoia last fall when I suggested that the U.S. > Justice Department's malodorous antitrust deal with Microsoft had the smell > of something more sinister -- that the company and government had agreed to > collaborate on law enforcement matters. (Here's Google's cached version of > that column.) > Please note this Reuters story, in which Steve Ballmer explains how > Microsoft is "working closely" with the Justice Department to fight > cyber-crime -- but that any such dealings are, of course, confidential. No > kidding. > Now remember that Attorney General John Ashcroft recused himself (CNN) from > the Enron investigation because his Missouri Senate campaign (he lost the > election to a dead man) got thousands in contributions from the corrupt > energy-trading company. Ashcroft got thousands from Microsoft but didn't > recuse himself (Sacramento Bee) in the antitrust case. > Keep this in mind, too: One of the provisions in this deal allows the
In Aus we live all our lives upside down,this makes blood rush to my head,if I lived in the US would I be normal,or would I be just as fucked up as 29 a day Choates? > government to order Microsoft not to disclose APIs and other technology, if > the government decides such disclosure would be damaging. I've asked both > the company and the department what this means, and I can't begin to > comprehend Microsoft's doubletalk. The Justice Department basically refused > to discuss it at all. > Kinda makes you wonder what the "Windows Update" will put on your PC one of > these days... > FROM > >http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/ejournal/
