[Am-info] [Fwd: [ale] M$ lobying]

[Paul Rickard]

====== On 06.13.2000 2:09 AM, Case Roole typed: =======

>> Total spending in
>>  anti-Microsoft propaganda surpassed $11 million in 1999, according to
>>  the Federal Election Commission, while Microsoft spent $4.6 million.
>
>I don't see how one can establish on what message donations were spent. I 
>have
>a strong suspicion that the author has added up the total political 
>spending of
>Sun, IBM, Novell, AOL and Oracle and called it "total spending in 
>anti-Microsoft
>propaganda". That wouldn't be anywhere near honest. Note that no details are
>given on the "anti-Microsoft propaganda".
>
>Also, the author ignores the fact that Microsoft was a member of the CCIA but
>dropped out when the organization starting to criticize its behavior 
>during the
>trial.

    Add in what I spent on the MSBC site last year... $11,000,255.75.



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