Open standards group to beat Microsoft at its own game
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| The first "dynamic coalition" resulting from the Internet Governance
| Forum (IGF) has vowed to get governments interested in adopting
| open standards for both hardware and software.
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| [...]
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| Ever since Linux was officially promoted as a threat to Microsoft's
| enormous global software reach, representatives from the software giant
| have gone to extraordinary lengths to promote the Microsoft software
| model with governments across the world. The drive has been very
| successful, and despite numerous reports praising the advantages of open
| source software, governments have tended to stick with what they know.
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| [...]
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| Struble gave recent examples of the Danish government and the State of
| Massachusetts' decision to use the open document format (ODF) as models.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/01/open_standards_coalition/
Meanwhile, Microsoft does its best to 'address' the problem by driving even
more people to Linux.
Microsoft goes for eBay pirates
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| Microsoft is taking legal action against 55 people for selling
| counterfeit software via the web and online auction sites like eBay.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/ms_pirates_ebay/
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