M$ is known to bribe politicians secretly and announce concessions to public institutions openly. What is disturbing here is that all left-front ruled governments in India figure in their list as do the Government at the centre, where the left-front is the principal supporter for its policies. Is Bill Gates' anti-theological stand (made public in 1996 when e-governance was taking roots in Kerala), such a strong and convincing reason for this covert friendship. Will they do this to all capitalists who renounce existence of God ?
I think this is a terrible shame and more shameful is the fact that they had already entered into strategic partnership and alliance with State Governments involved for e-governance efforts, when news were spread that Microsoft became a technology choice after due deliberations with expert committees. Microsoft, at least, is not lying here. Its the middlemen, those proxies, who are playing the treacherous game with the citizens of the nation.
CK Raju Thrissur
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