Before the Microsoft-centric developer world goes completely gaga at the company's Professional Developer Conference in the coming days, it's worth noting a couple of open source milestones that may have slipped under the radar.
Read more »Microsoft's .NET Micro Framework open sourced
Microsoft has presented version 4.0 of its .NET Micro Framework at the Professional Developer Conference (PDC). The framework is being released as open source software under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Read more »Moonlight and Mono Not GNU/Linux Projects Anymore
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Revisionism and Moles in Land of the Fee
Microsoft and its apologists rewrite the story of GPL violations; Microsoft is seen invading more competitors and panels, using money at times
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The convenient fiction that Microsoft is evil
It's a convenient fiction that Microsoft is the source of all evil in the technology world, particularly for a vocal minority within the open-source community.
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Novell Wants to Change Perception
Microsoft and Novell want you to feel differently (deceived) about them and their products; resources allocated to the task
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Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS
Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were potential rivals who make Linux and instant-on operating systems.
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What NOVELL Stands For
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Telepathy a Plugin Away from Mono (Non-ECMA Parts)
The road to Mono, courtesy of Novell projects; Moonlight never meant to be Silverlight compatible
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European Commission Keeps Getting Filled with Microsoft Cronies
Opposition to Free software inside the European Commission comes from familiar directions; Latest example is Siim Kallas, who is close to Microsoft
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When a Convicted Criminal Accuses Others of Crime
Microsoft is again pretending that it does not tolerate the very same practice it thrived in; Pequot-Microsoft story returns
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SAP/Microsoft Attack on Java, OpenOffice.org, Other Libre Products Culminates in Alliance
SAP/Microsoft lobbying against Oracle and Sun leads this former (proprietary) pair to an alliance which the European Commission ought to scrutinise
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Novell’s Vice President Could be Tweeting for Microsoft Dollars
Miguel de Icaza shows excitement over proprietary Silverlight, proceeds to promotion of closed-source software paradigms for developers; Microsoft's strategy with F/OSS is explained
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GE and EC both concerned about open source risks
It seems that a lot of large organisations still have a fear of open source - even organisations that are already big users.
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The market has rejected Linux desktops. Get over it.
Linux has failed to win either mind share or market share on the desktop. Google’s Chrome OS will do little to change that. Learn why
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