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Google’s Schmidt and Microsoft’s Mundie Appointed as Obama Tech Advisors

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A more informative list, straight from the source, is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-A...

I'm pleased to see thinkers like David Shaw & Eric Lander included.

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  |    Are you sure you want to appoint    |
  |         a Microsoft person?            |
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  |           _______   _______            |
  |          |      |  |      |            |
  |          |  Yes |  |  No  |            |
  |          |______|  |______|            |
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  |________________________________________|

well they are one of the biggest tech companies in the country, couldn't very well appoint Kevin Rose to it

they are also a company that was convicted for monopoly abuse, that is currently being investigated for continued violations of antitrust law.

This is a stupid nomination.

Well since government is a monopoly, they should be able to give them some good advice

And what is your point?

Close, but drop the No button.

I was thinking it should read Abort, Retry, Fail.

or better yet:

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The two I am most pleasantly surprised by are Chad Mirkin and Ahmed Zewail.

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