Another socialist blog

Well here’s a big surprise: Microsoft has been bribing politicians. Well, of course neither Microsoft nor their political lapdogs will actually call it bribery, they’d prefer to think of it as campaign contributions. For the 2000 election cycle, Microsoft gave $6.1 million to political parties, candidates and PACs. Strangely enough, the beneficiaries of this corporate largesse are now in a position to cut Microsoft a sweet settlement deal in its antitrust case (you will recall that Microsoft has already been found guilty of violating antitrust law). Microsoft can also expect red-carpet treatment when it seeks to have its copyright claims enforced by the government, at the expense of ordinary citizens.