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Is it time for a GeekPAC? | |
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| Time: 09:25 EST/14:25 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Jonas Neihardt, Qualcomm's director of government relations and co-creator of the council, says that the tech industry isn't spending enough money to make it possible to punish enemies. "Some of the old economy companies do that and they have big enough PACs and enough political activity to go after incumbents," Neihardt says. "The tech community hasn't been active enough politically on a whole to be that aggressive. In my view, the technology community needs to focus first on helping people who help us. By and large, we're not there yet." He's right. Take Microsoft, one of the world's richest companies, with a market capitalization of $311 billion. As of Oct. 16, its PAC spent $1,176,926 in the last election cycle, according to records filed with the government. That's just $232 more than the PAC for--I am not making this up--the Outback Steakhouse restaurant chain spent during the same period. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/25/2002 11:31:07 AM |
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Define "Tech Friendly". From one side of the coin the DMCA is friendly to tech, from the other side it is not.
It depends on whether you are a tech producer or tech consumer. To further aggravate the issue, each individual has their own idea of what government should be doing. Some believe government should regulate the market, some believe they should leave it alone, some believe the government should completely replace the market by funding open source projects. While I agree that the PAC idea has been successful, it has actually damaged the political landscape. |
| #2 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/25/2002 3:27:55 PM |
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"it has actually damaged the political landscape"
For once, blue, on this political issue I completely agree with you. |
| #3 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 11/25/2002 6:44:30 PM |
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Yep, I support DMCA and Palladium. Since Palladium hasn't been implemented yet, I should state that as, I support what I understand Palladium will be.
By my comment in #2, I wasn't referring to any specific political action committee. I think in general, PACs have damaged our political system. |
| #4 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 11/25/2002 11:02:46 PM |
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I should clarify that the reason I think PACs are bad is that they polarize the debate.
Palladium isn't a reality yet, and I do not know what it is. What has been described by Microsoft is creative and looks good though. As far as the DMCA goes, I support some aspects of it. |
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