Knowing their politics by their software

[Leo J Mauler]

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:14:46 -0500 Jim Herrmann <kclug at ItDepends.com>
writes:
>  From the International Herald Tribune:
> http://www.iht.com/articles/527974.html
> 
>  From the article:
> In a campaign season of polarization, when Republicans 
> and Democrats seem far apart on issues like Iraq, the 
> economy and leadership style, it is perhaps not surprising 
> that the parties find themselves on different sides in the 
> politics of software as well.
> 
> The Web sites of Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts 
> and of the Democratic National Committee run mainly 
> on the technology of the computing counterculture: 
> open-source software that is distributed free, and 
> improved and debugged by far-flung networks of 
> programmers.
> 
> In the other corner, the Web sites of President George 
> W. Bush and the Republican National Committee run on 
> software supplied by the corporate embodiment of big 
> business - Microsoft.
> 
> Putting on my flame resistant underwear.  I'm just reporting.  :-)
> 
> Peace,
> Jim

Well, considering that the Clinton DOJ was ready to break up 
the Micro$oft monopoly, and the Bush DOJ was ready to roll
out the red carpet to the Micro$oft monopoly, its not too 
surprising.

On a related note: are gifts of technology considered campaign 
contributions?  Are there limits on gifts of technology as 
campaign contributions?  Can one undervalue the equipment to 
give more than legally allowed in cash?
 
> -- 
> Liberal - Definition:
>   1. [n]  a person who favors a political philosophy of
>           progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
>   2. [n]  a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire
>           and self-regulating markets

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