[Bush2000]

Why does MS bother to keep buying these kinds of articles? You'd think they'd learn that it ain't working anymore.

How much did MS pay? Did MS pay? You simply don't know. It's a guess. An uneducated guess, at that.

[antiRepublicrat]

How much did MS pay? Did MS pay? You simply don't know. It's

"We support a diverse array of public policy organizations with which we share a common interest or public policy agenda such as the de Tocqueville Institution." -- Microsoft Spokesman

The common agenda is, of course, killing OSS to help Microsoft's dominance and profits.