Response to Jeremy Allison's take on Microsoft .
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Life after Windows: What happens to tech if Microsoft dies
It's the thought experiment we all like to engage in. What would life be like without Microsoft Windows? To listen to the free open source software crowd, the demise of Windows -- and by extension, Microsoft's hegemony over the PC universe -- would signal a kind of rebirth for information technology. Such thinking is naïve, at best.
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Novell Spreads Microsoft Inside GNU/Linux Whereas LINA Spreads GNU/Linux Inside Windows
News about Mono and Microsoft sticking themselves onto GNU/Linux; Zenoss and LINA demonstrate correct way to build bridges
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Microsoft Fights Google with More FUD, Lawsuits, and Lobbying
Some of Microsoft's latest moves against Google, including Google's endeavours that promote GNU/Linux
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Croatian Association of GNU/Linux Users Fights Against Microsoft Abusers
HULK is taking on the monopolist as it strives to spread Free software in Croatia
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Dear Microsoft: Software is Not a Donation
Microsoft gives non-Free (proprietary) software to community agencies (nonprofits) and calls it a donation
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Messages from the Thought Police (Microsoft/Novell)
The Microsoft boosters spread GNU/Linux FUD even upon the release of Firefox 3.6 while Novell and Microsoft groom another journalist for coverage of their joint products and glorification of their patent deal
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Licensing Woes and Bullying: the Sad Reality of Proprietary Software
Two new items which shed light on the pains of proprietary software, which is as rigid as a microchip
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Illuminating the elephant in the open source room
Microsoft is an elephant that needs to be turned to stop it trampling the open source community, according to a vocal critic of the software giant's approach to software patents.
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Novell Slammed for Spreading Disinformation About Google
David Berlind catches a bashful Novell after it use of FUD tactics against Google, leaving Novell's PR people with no choice but to retract statements
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As Customers Hang Up on Windows Mobile, Microsoft Turns to Mobile Linux FUD
Microsoft's change of tactics and marketing pitch is being noticed by more and more people
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With Mono Clearly on Microsoft’s Side, Another Call for Ubuntu to Move Mono to ‘Restricted’
Now that Microsoft formally recognises the contribution of Miguel de Icaza to Microsoft, there is no longer any reason to think of Mono as beneficial to GNU/Linux
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Meeting With Steve Ballmer Led Anti-GNU/Linux Executive to Quitting
How the departure of a Microsoft senior vice president came about; more "smoking guns" to come from the Comes case
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GNOME Should Learn from Novell’s Mistakes
A reader alerts us that GNOME permits the GNOME Foundation committee to have more Microsoft influence; Planet SUSE promotes .NET
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Microsoft Names Miguel de Icaza one of its Most Valuable Professionals
Miguel de Icaza, Microsoft MVP? Yep, it's true. The open-source rabble-rouser who was prevented from hosting a session inside Microsoft's 2005 Professional Developer Conference has been accepted into the ranks of the company's "Most Valuable Professionals" less than five years later. He announced the news on his blog.
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