Correspondence between Jim Gray (now deceased) and Nathan Myhrvold (now the world's biggest patent troll) reveals Microsoft's reasons for disdain for GNU/Linux in 1998
Read more »Microsoft Badmouths Linix [sic] in 1998, Envisions a “Nightmare”
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Android Phones to Avoid: LG
LG has new Android phone but also a Linux patent deal with Microsoft
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Miguel snuggles closer to Microsoft
Over the past week, a couple of events have served to highlight the extent to which Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza is helping Microsoft to implement its strategy of curbing the growth of free and open source software.
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Who Will Fill Sam Ramji's Role as Microsoft's Open Source Leader?
Now that Sam Ramji, Microsoft Corp.'s point man on open source software, is leaving the company at the end of the month, who will possibly fill his shoes and continue to lead Microsoft further into the world of open source collaboration.
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3 Reasons why we shouldn’t use Linux
After doing some research on Linux finally i have concluded on 3 reasons why we shouldn’t use Linux. 1) Companies running on donations
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Linux cannot just wish Microsoft away
I have observed in several Linux related forums, a certain denial of reality by most Linux enthusiasts. They tend to have the notion that the demise of Microsoft is just around the corner and that Linux is about to have its time.
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The New Windows vs. Linux Debate
Despite its new one-sided approach, news out of VMworld and analysis of things from the show continues to spill forth -- perhaps the slow news cycle of the summer hasn't yet ended.
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What Did SCO Pay Maureen O’Gara For?
Self-proclaimed "journalist" who plants stories for Microsoft has made transactions with SCO
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Fox ‘News’ Brings Microsoft to “Open Source”
The connotations of “Open Source” carry on changing as Microsoft would like
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Patents Under Fire While Microsoft Escapes Patent Law (Again)
Microsoft keeps dodging laws that are very controversial to begin with; Broadcom still on patent warpath
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Three More Reasons Not To Use Linux
Last week I read a half-witted blog post citing “3 Reasons why we shouldn’t use Linux”.
TechBirdy’s reasons are either born out of complete ignorance, or from a desire to spread pure FUD.
Being a Linux user, I thought: what are some good reasons to not use Linux? The following are the best reasons I could come up with.
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RE: Three more reasons not to use Linux.
Listen man, if you wanna talk about ignorance you're gonna have to learn what the term "ignorance" really means first.
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Latest Examples of the Press Attacking Free Software and GNU/Linux
Failures of the commercial media are shown using five new examples, ranging from daemonisation of Microsoft competitors (including, notably, Free software) to news reports that are merely Microsoft advertisements
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Microsoft Uses Inside Influence to Grab Control, Redefine “Open Source”
Microsoft uses its analysts, lobbyists, freebies, and covert "think tanks" to put "Open Source" under its own fold
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How Microsoft/ISO Took More Control of ODF
The SC34 Bellevue Plenary Report is leaked to reveal what ISO had in mind when hosting a meeting in Microsoft's own turf
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