An analysis of the Gartner Group and BSA based on some news (cumulative exploration of promotion by proxy)
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Digistan, the Hague Declaration, and Why Microsoft is Already Scared
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An introduction to new initiatives in Europe and the impact of competing (standards-based) office suites on Microsoft
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Software Patents Roundup: EU’s Back Door; Microsoft Sued Again
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Anascape's patent attacks on gaming consoles and ongoing discussions about the the Community Patent in Europe
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Patent Sanity in the United States: A Lost Cause?
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More politics and lobbying get in the way of a saner patent system, which permits people to write code fearlessly
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Microsoft Stockholder? Take Stock in This...
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Linux belongs to No One. Linux isn't owned...you can't purchase stock in it. You can't defeat it by purchasing it and then disassembling it so it can't compete against you. You can't even take it to court and sue it for infringing on your patents. Steve Ballmer has blustered and bullied to his full potential with threats to do exactly that...
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The convenience of proprietary software (from a purchasing angle)
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One of the things that we open sourcerors need to figure out - or which the market needs to figure out - is the convenience of purchasing proprietary software. By this I don't mean any particular vendor's policies: I'm talking about the basic act of buying something that masquerades as property.
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Microsoft’s Latest Patent Cross-Licensing Deal and Software Patents in the EU
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Yesterday we alerted about the latest attempt to shove software patents into Europe. It’s a back-door technique and Benjamin has more on this subject in the following slideshow. He has also been pointing to articles such as this one because Microsoft’s appeal in Europe, he believes, is more than it seems on the surface.
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Microsoft’s plan to block Linux on laptops
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Details of Microsoft’s recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out. IDG News got its hands on what it says are Microsoft documents outlining the program for PC manufacturers.
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EU Won't Seek New Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft
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The European Commission confirmed it has received a complaint about Microsoft's business practices from a British government agency Tuesday, but isn't following it up as it normally would with an antitrust complaint, according to a press officer.
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European software patents via treaty?
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"...Brussels, 13 May 2008 -- European Commissioner McCreevy is pushing for a bilateral patent treaty with the United States. This Tuesday 13 May in Brussels, White House and European representatives will try to adopt a tight roadmap for the signature of a EU-US patent treaty by the end of the year.
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Advertising slowing down the web
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The bulk of the extra content consists of HTML tags and links. It's difficult to say how much cruft there is — much of it is Javascript, and I used a non-Javascript web browser for some of this analysis — but a naive dump of the content reveals 128 URLs.
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Microsoft emails Blender
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Microsoft has just approached the Blender guys, and I would assume have or will approach other FOSS projects since we learn that Microsoft has assigned a guy to work with Open Source projects, with a request for information on how to make Blender run better on Windows. Here's part of what Microsoft emailed to Blender
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Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops
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Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type of device, IDG News Service has learned.
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Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor
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Another attempt by Microsods to counter free with gratis. This time, by providing low cost phones with Windows Mobile installed to the poor.
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Microsoft intensifies anti-piracy measures
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Your computer screen’s menus and icons disappear, slipping beneath a wall of funereal black. The computer still works, but it will not work for you.
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