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Free Software Magazine: Microsoft Research India: Friend or Foe?

[ Thanks to Dave Guard for this
link. ]

“I’m going to make no excuses here–I was a chardonnay socialist
and it’s time I came out and everyone gathered together and gave me
some support. I have, from the time I was a little child been
dreaming of hammers and sickles and the like, had a knee-jerk
reaction to: big corporations (evil), government (evil),
conservatism (evil), and stiletto heels (rank consumerist EVIL). So
if you were to say ‘Microsoft,’ I’d say ‘Where? Let me grab me my
stake and crucifix!’. However, as I’ve aged and discovered social
theory, I’ve realised that ‘evil’ doesn’t really cut it…”

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