It's time for Novell and Microsoft to kiss in public again, but who would cover this non-event?
Read more »Novell and Microsoft Make It Clear: They Want to Replace GNU/Linux with Patent Royalties
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Tesco Recommends Vista “Due to Endorsement Money Paid to Tesco from Microsoft”
Tesco is very frank about the reasons for its (paid-for) "advice"
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Real-time Linux Hacker Bill Huey Called the Mono Plan “Misguided”
Better to use closed-source Java than to be a prisoner of Redmond; ongoing dialogues about Mono
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With and Without a Browser: Windows 7 in the EU
Time and time again the EU has run after Microsoft, hoping to keep them in check and ensure some competition, but sometimes you have to wonder if they are just picking on the big guy. After pressure from the EU, Microsoft has decided to sell Windows 7 without IE, but even that isn't enough.
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End of Microsoft Money Shows Why Free Software is Better and Standards Are Important
A few days ago we wrote about Microsoft Money coming to an end (there are many punchlines which properly fit this rare item of news). Other interesting perspectives continue to appear after all that Microsoft PR (and damage control, mostly to do with migration of existing clients)....
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SUSE Interoperability and Mono Good for Microsoft: Easier Migration to Windows
Microsoft longs for a more dominant position through control of APIs and Novell actively permits this to happen
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Microsoft Promotes SUSE Coupons (Software Patents)
Why does Microsoft so desperately try to replace GNU/Linux with patent coupons (Ballnux)?
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A question to Microsoft? Whats unique about Windows 7?
I recently saw a twit from user stephenlrose , allegedly a “Sr Community Mgr for Windows (IT Pros)” and asked him the question Openbytes has been asking for many months and never recieved a proper reply.
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Microsoft Wants to Charge $50 Per GNU/Linux Desktop
Xandros plays ball for Microsoft by offering software patent "protection" as a product
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Microsoft Accused of Lying About Market Share
If Microsoft lies about market share to the courts, imagine how much it can lie to the public
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Microsoft Antitrust in Europe, Russia, South Korea
Ongoing Microsoft abuses receive the attention of more than one nation
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Is Xandros a Linux distro, a marketing machine or a Microsoft stooge?
You may know of Xandros Linux; for many people exposure came through the Eee PC, with this being the distro chosen by Linux-turncoat ASUS. Yet, what is Xandros' stance on open source software? Might Xandros be a thinly-veiled Microsoft tout as Linspire reborn?
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Is Microsoft Trying to Inject Money into SCO Again?
The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution is not new to us. It is a sort of lobbying vehicle that Microsoft too has been using, sometimes against Linux. We are also very interested Stephen Norris and the Carlyle Group, which is connected to him.
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Novell and Xandros Are Promoting Windows, Again
Novell elevates Windows in datacentres, Xandros wants to live with Windows
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IE8 beats Firefox and Chrome in 7 out of 10 areas
Microsoft has launched a website titled "Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts," where it gives reasons for installing the browser, compares it to two competing browsers, and busts myths around its offering. At the top, there are selective quotes from different IE8 articles.
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