Microsoft Propaganda Arm
Obviously not resting on their laurels, the evil empire now seeks to extends its propaganda arm under the guise of an innocuos sounding “Politics and Technology Forum” where delegates will ” focus on new forms of Information technology and how they fashion or replicate the political debate and trends.”
Besides the obvious problem of self interest on the part of the sponsor, one has to seriously question Microsoft’s credibility on anything to do with the web. Frankly they have never contributed anything innovative to the net and their modus operandi has been to steal and imitate any good idea they can see a buck in. Having foisted a crappy buggy insecure operating system onto the public at large thru illegal monopolistic practices, they now seek to extend their rather dubious view of the world via blatant manipulation of information such as this forum. If they have a message for government, they should at least have the guts to deliver it in a competitive forum where alternative points of view can also be put and considered. But they are probably in good company with this government who no doubt lacks any internal fortitude with regard to public policy and information tech.