Gates, Mundie: Congress must make trade-offs to propel tech
C|Net | at | by Mike
It's not always easy persuading politicians on Capitol Hill to take up items on Silicon Valley's wish list, even if you're Bill Gates and his posse. That was one message that the Microsoft chairman and Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie had on Thursday for the some 1,100 local business and government representatives gathered at a breakfast here sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. (NVTC's board includes companies like IBM, Micron, Unisys, AOL, Sprint Nextel, and, of course, Microsoft.)