Microsoft's playbook of software patents and intraoperability [sic] gets no easy ride
Read more »Microsoft’s ‘ODF Patent’ as Vacuous as Its Promise of Interoperability
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European Commission pushes for software patents via a trusted court
"Brussels, 12 May 2009 -- The European Commission is pushing for software patents via a centralised trusted patent court that would be created with the United Patent Litigation System (UPLS), an international treaty that would remove national courts. This court system would be shielded against any review by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Read more »SA department of education shuts out FOSS
Despite a national open source strategy and a well-publicised set of minimum interoperability standards for government, the South African education department has launched a teacher laptop project that excludes free and open source software (FOSS).
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Will Microsoft Sign an MOU with Indonesia?
Steve Ballmer goes to Indonesian developers conference, but there might be more to the visit
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Is Microsoft Blocking the United Kingdom’s Free Software Policy by Dumping?
Microsoft dumps on the United Kingdom, specifically where new plans exist for adoption of Free/open source software
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A Lesson for Developers: Why Support GNU/Linux?
GNU/Linux puts developers in charge, whereas Apple and Microsoft treat them as guests
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GNU/Linux Bashers and Microsoft MVPs Masquerade as “Linux Users”
Not everyone who bashes GNU/Linux (or promotes Mono) is necessarily a peer
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Microsoft Uses Lobbyists to Attack Holland’s Migration to Free Software...
A look at Microsoft's manoeuvrings in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and South Africa
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Microsoft Uses Straw Man to Defend Its Attack on Browser Competition
Microsoft diverts antitrust case towards Google and shows its sheer hypocrisy
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ODF Alliance to Denounce Microsoft This Week?
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Maureen O’Gara is Again Spinning SCO’s Defeat
Be careful of Maureen O'Gara's reality distortion field for SCO
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Microsoft ‘Patents’ ODF Whilst Also Harming It
Microsoft becomes a patent liability to ODF and gets slammed for ridiculing ODF (again)
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Ubuntu Makes Novell’s Mono a “Master Of The Universe” (MOTU)
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Moblin Turns to Ballnux
A REGULAR reader has told us that "Novell backs Moblin 2.0 mobile Linux distro," pointing to one article from The Register. This seems awfully familiar and The Register seems to be neglecting any criticism.
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Microsoft Fragments ODF While Trying to Paint it as “IBM Thing”
Microsoft derails ODF from the inside and recasts the standard as though it's a property of IBM
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