>  --5 June 2002  Microsoft Admits Contribution to Think Tank That
>                 Published Anti Open-Source Paper
> Microsoft admits that it provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville
> Institution, the think tank that recently released a white paper that
> maintains open source software is not secure and that government
> should instead use proprietary software.  The Institution will not
> comment on specific funding for the report.
> http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52973,00.html
> [Editor's (Paller) Note: Last year, the same think tank published a
> paper extolling the benefits of Microsoft's certification programs.]
>