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 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60308 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

]]> By: pcolon http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60307 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.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60306 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.

]]> By: pcolon http://techrights.org/2009/03/08/yahoo-lenovo-ms-influence/comment-page-1/#comment-60304 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.

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