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My feeling is MS maybe have paid^W campaign-contributed to the right people on both sides of the Atlantic, that they're not worried about this.
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
My feeling is MS maybe have paid^W campaign-contributed to the right people on both sides of the Atlantic, that they're not worried about this.
- saint_angels 5y agoif so, what did change so it wasn't feasible before? Now MS has more money to pay?
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI wonder if there's a survey that asks OECD citizens if they feel like in the last 20 years their country has: a) become less corrupt b) become more corrupt c) stayed the same
- jeltz 5y agoHow would campaign contributions help in the EU? The people they would need to pay off are all unelected judges and prosecutors. The elected officials do not how much power to affect anything.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI should've also added lobbying. Like Microsoft trying to stop Munich to switch to Linux: https://www.information-age.com/ballmer-lobbying-fails-to-prevent-linux-defection-297691/ https://www.information-age.com/ballmer-lobbying-fails-to-pr... Although that's from 2006, in 2013 this article says the migration was finished: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-munich-rejected-steve-ballmer-and-kicked-microsoft-out-of-the-city/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-munich-rejected-ste... But I'm not sure if they've stayed with Linux or returned to Microsoft in the last 8 years... EDIT, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux#Timeline, in 2017 some politicians said they're switching to Windows 10 by 2020, in 2020 other politicians U-turned on that decision.