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Ahhh in the world of Bush2000 the fact MS funds an institue is not important but the political orientation of Linus's Father are..

Woodman said it well: Before you argue that this foundation is bought-and-paid-for, I'd like you to produce an accounting of how much was actually contributed by MS. Otherwise, you're blowing smoke. Tons of people and companies donate money to various causes -- and that doesn't automatically turn those organizations into mouthpieces for their benefactors.

Tons of people and companies donate money to various causes -- and that doesn't automatically turn those organizations into mouthpieces for their benefactors.

Yet you were one of those people saying Groklaw is bought and paid for by IBM just because years ago IBM donated some hardware to the iBiblio project that hosts thousands of public sites, one of its newest members being Groklaw. Yet you don't think Microsoft directly giving money to an organization would influence its studies of things important to Microsoft's business.

Woodman said it well

Woodman is pretending to be some yokel from the forest who wants to know why the good citizens won't at least entertain the possibility that the Alexis Hoohah Foundation is one of the many fine, totally-objective think tanks in Washington.

The what?

Objective think tanks in Washington ? Just stop it, OK? You and the woodman there. You can't peddle something that ridiculous on a political forum. People here know too much. The DU'ers wouldn't even fall for it.

You tell Redmond that you and Woody need a new line for the political forums, because the Freepers etc. know about how the Brookings Institution isn't really a non-partisan think tank, and they're not falling for this crap about objective Washington think tanks.

Peter Coors has one; George Soros has one; why shouldn't Bill Gates have one? There's nothing wrong with capitalism that purchasing some pet Ph.D's to write legislation and policy papers for you can't cure. Shovel that crap over to Capitol Hill and hope enough of it sticks that you get your money's worth.

Have these guys written their extensive study on Digital Rights Management yet? Surely that's an area where The Billster would like to get some legislation written. If they haven't already, I'm sure the august Alexis Hoohah Foundation will weigh in on that. And when they do, they'll sound just like Steve Ballmer. And the Brass Buzzard. And you.