Comments on: Were Yahoo and Lenovo Poisoned from the Inside? http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60308 Roy Schestowitz Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:48:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/#comment-60308 He did. Canada was among the bargaining cards. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070707/immigration_jobs_070707/20070707?hub=CTVNewsAt11 He did. Canada was among the bargaining cards.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070707/immigration_jobs_070707/20070707?hub=CTVNewsAt11

]]> By: pcolon http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60307 pcolon Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:41:18 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/#comment-60307 IIRC B.Gates used that threat to get additional allotments of h-1b visas. IIRC B.Gates used that threat to get additional allotments of h-1b visas.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60306 Roy Schestowitz Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:23:09 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/#comment-60306 As the generic saying goes, what Microsoft wants Microsoft gets. This tidbit is actually used to describe companies which blackmail governments/states to get their way, e.g. threaten to relocate to another state unless they receive substantial tax cuts. As the generic saying goes, what Microsoft wants Microsoft gets.

This tidbit is actually used to describe companies which blackmail governments/states to get their way, e.g. threaten to relocate to another state unless they receive substantial tax cuts.

]]> By: pcolon http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60304 pcolon Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:06:19 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/#comment-60304 And, of course, Microsoft is the 'flesh-eating, bottom feeder' that corrupts anything it's associated with. And, of course, Microsoft is the ‘flesh-eating, bottom feeder’ that corrupts anything it’s associated with.

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