Microsoft's extension Ignition Partners is putting money and board members inside yet another company that spreads Free software
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Microsoft: Embracing and Extending Python, Excluding the GPL
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The latest Microsoft moves which are intended to redefine "Open Source" and turn it into free labour for Microsoft's benefit
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Is Novell Spamming Google News With Anti-Red Hat Whitepapers and TechRepublic’s Help?
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After many months, TechRepublic is still pushing Novell's propaganda on a regular basis, which leads to the suspicion that they also game Google like Sys-Con does
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Stephen Walli becomes Codeplex Foundation Technical Director
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The Microsoft founded Codeplex Foundation, which describes its mission as "enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities", has appointed Stephen Walli as its Technical Director
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Google's "Royalty-Free" WebM video may not be royalty-free for long
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The announcement of Google's new WebM video format and release of the VP8 video codec as an open standard have been hailed by some as the move that will free the Web from the proprietary H.264 codec widely used for online video today and favored by Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT).
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Microsoft-Dominated Yahoo! Deletes the Linux/Open Source Section
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GNU/Linux Web sites are being starved a bit now that Yahoo! removes a section which represents its roots; Hotmail demotes PDF and KIN is a disaster that cannot compete against Linux
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The Microsoft/Novell Mono Lobby
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Why there is increased pressure for GNOME and for other projects to love the patents-encumbered monkey (Mono); Black Duck uses IDG for more FUD
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Stephen Walli is Back at Software Patents Aggressor Microsoft
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Microsoft's "Open Source" mole is going back to Microsoft to become the CTO of CodePlex; Microsoft MVP Jason Hiner carries on with Microsoft boosting (without disclosure)
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Patent Troll Larry Horn and Steve Jobs Prepare to Attack Google’s VP8, According to FUD Sites
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Less than a week after Google's VP8 liberation announcement, foes of freedom use sites that are foes of freedom to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about VP8
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NetworkWorld’s (and IDG’s Other Sites) “Open Source” Blogs Are Not in Favour of Open Source
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Caution is needed when it comes to Microsoft-affiliated Web sites which present themselves as "Open Source"
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MPEG LA shrugs off antitrust allegations
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Sullivan & Cromwell's Garrard Beeney wasn't at all surprised about the antitrust suit filed Friday against his client, the patent licensing company MPEG LA, by a German technology firm called Nero AG. Beeney told us that antitrust allegations are a pretty common tactic in the sort of licensing fee dispute MPEG LA and Nero are involved in.
Read more »By Pushing Mono Into Android, Novell Puts Microsoft Before Freedom
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Windows is promoted at the expense of Free software and Linux because Novell's Mono endeavours are increased and get a new name: "MonoDroid"
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Novell is Promoting Vista 7 — Again
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Three new examples of Novell's marketing staff praising and helping to sell Microsoft's sequel to Windows Vista
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Gartner Hypnosis: Pretending Android and Linux Are Totally Separate
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Gartner has found artistic new ways to argue that Linux in declining while it is in fact gaining at tremendous rates
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Microsoft, Freedom, Choice, and Other Terminology Games
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How assimilation and deception are being used by Microsoft to make both sides of the competition look similar, even inseparable
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