Even 800lb gorillas occasionally cave to threats ...

[unixronin]

...In this case, it appears Microsoft,  in response to threats from an Antioch Bible Church pastor of a national boycott of Microsoft products, withdrew its support for House Bill 1515, Washington State's anti-gay-discrimination bill.  Other corporate sponsors of HB1515 including Boeing, Nike, Coors, Qwest Communications, Washington Mutual, Hewlett-Packard, Corbis, Battelle Memorial Institute, and Paul Allen's company Vulcan Inc appear so far to be maintaining their support.

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[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

They're gonna hear about that from their rank and file. I don't even have to lift a finger; that article was in the Stranger, a weekly freebie that's widely read here.

Although I could post it as an example of Paul Allen sticking to principles... Corbis is also a Paul Allen entity...