The unified patent litigation system (UPLS) - a back door to software patents in Europe - may be on its deathbed
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Apple Exploits FOSS, Then Bans FOSS and Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission is opening a formal investigation into Apple's practices now that its Hubris-like offences make it akin to a dangerous cult, not just a technology company
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Latest Examples of Microsoft’s “Embrace, Extend, Extinguish” (EEE)
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How Microsoft embraced, extended, and extinguished companies and products; examples from Ulteo, sub-notebooks, VMware, and Novell
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Novell Turns MeeGo Into Another Ballnux
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Novell is pushing Mono into new places and projects, including MeeGo which is now talking about OpenSUSE Build Service as well
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VMware Helps Promote Vista 7 and Harm Red Hat
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Mr. Maritz and his partners/colleagues from Microsoft (former Microsoft executives who run VMware now) help Ballnux and Vista 7 at the expense of GNU/Linux, so Microsoft gets paid either way (or twice, in the case of virtualisation)
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IBM Alerts IDG About “Microsoft Allegedly Trying to Derail IBM by Using SCO as a Surrogate.”
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IBM claims that Microsoft did the unthinkable and at least one of its employees argues that Microsoft should be sued for billions after the damage it caused to GNU/Linux through lies from SCO
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Debate Rages on Regarding the Open Invention Network (OIN)
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Groklaw defends IBM and OIN very stubbornly (as well other initiatives that help legitimise software patents rather than immediately eradicate them), but Florian Müller from Germany disagrees with this approach
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Apple Redefines Freedom, Lies About Its Products, Blocks Competitors, and Helps Microsoft
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Apple's misbehaviour not only attracts an antitrust probe but it also shows whose interests Apple is serving (other than its own)
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Novell Still Markets “Intellectual Property (IP) Peace of Mind”
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Novell still uses software patents protection as a business proposition to users of SUSE
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Entryism Watch: OOXML Lobbyist Wipro Enters OpenOffice.org Project
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One of Microsoft's closest allies in India is entering development of the main competitor of Microsoft's cash cow
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Did Microsoft Pressure Dell to Change Ubuntu Linux Statement?
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On June 10, The VAR Guy was first to report Dell considered Ubuntu Linux safer than Windows. But now, Dell has apparently updated its web site to remove/alter that statement. Of course, Linux conspiracy theorists think Microsoft pressured Dell to make the change. Is that really the case? Here's the story.
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The Changing of History
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Dell repeats the mistakes of history by harbouring censorship and fearing to pass judgment about Microsoft
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Microsoft Certified Partner Supports Mono
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Infragistics adds its weight to Mono at times when Novell's future is mostly unknown and OpenSUSE rethinks its strategy
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FSF Hostility From Novell’s Former Managers Amid Fight Against ACTA
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Advocacy of freedom seen as "negative" by so-called "pragmatists" who chose to serve Novell
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