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Delivered-To: dfarber+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:30:38 -0800
From: brent.hunsaker@xxxxxxx
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To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx

Dave,

MSNBC is reporting about Microsoft giving software as gifts to government employees of over $500 value.

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4497588/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4497588/

I am surprised by the weak response of the federal government sending a letter to employees requiring them to return the software and requesting Microsoft to stop sending it. From the article I gathered that Microsoft is a subcontractor to the DOD and other departments. If any other DOD supplier did such a thing we would have our head chopped off. The threat of the loss of contracts and being banned from competing for future contracts would be a reality.

Brent Hunsaker


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