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FC: Tech execs meeting with Bush are donors, friends, allies
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:54:33 -0500
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40983,00.html Bush Says Hi to Tech Leaders by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 2:00 a.m. Jan. 4, 2001 PST When George W. Bush sits down with over a dozen technology leaders on Thursday, he'll be in the company of friends and allies. The two-day economic forum in Austin, Texas, is intended to highlight the president-elect's plans for avoiding a further market downturn, such as his suggested $1.3 trillion tax cut and his support for fewer regulations and trade restrictions. Those proposals are sure to be met with applause from the 15 technology executives who are scheduled to attend the forum. All but one are Bush enthusiasts who lent political or financial support to his bid for the presidency. Among the attendees: Michael Dell of Dell Computer, Craig Barrett of Intel, Carol Bartz of Autodesk, Lou Gerstner of IBM, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems, Len Pomata of Oracle, and Floyd Kvamme of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers. The only participant who did not contribute to Bush's campaign or to Republican causes last year is Carly Fiorina, chief executive of Hewlett Packard. The rest of the CEOs are members of Bush's Information Technology Advisory Council (ITAC), which the Texas governor formed in July 1999 to provide him with advice on tech issues -- and campaign contributions. IBM's Gerstner does not appear to have been a member, but he wrote checks overwhelmingly to Republican candidates during the last two years. Of course, not all technology execs backed Bush during the campaign. As the November election date neared, both campaigns released lists of hundreds of executives who had endorsed them. Industry leaders such as Loud Cloud's Marc Andreessen, Yahoo's Jerry Yang, Kim Polese of Marimba, and Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson met frequently with Vice President Al Gore. John Doerr and Bill Joy wrote op-eds supporting the Democratic candidate. And -- no surprise here -- not one of them is scheduled to be at the Austin confab. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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