__/ [ peterwn ] on Saturday 10 February 2007 04:23 \__
> On Feb 10, 12:05 pm, "peterwn" <pete...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> See:http://www.ospint.com/text/d/3935414/
>>
>> This is a fairly significant backtrack by Microsoft.
>>
>> However MS said: "In this particular case, it's important to point out
>> that Microsoft did not instigate the prosecution against Mr. Ponosov".
>>
> See:
> http://eng.cnews.ru/reviews/indexEn.shtml?2007/02/08/234740
>
> So Microsoft's attempts to distance itself from this case are now
> falling apart. Looks like the school was investigated by the Russian
> version of BSA, and Microsoft is still trying to distance itself from
> the investigating organization, but it is well known that Microsoft
> has a major involvement (ay even the 'major shareholder') in
> organisations such as BSA (the one that busted Ernie Ball).
>
> Seems stange that a Micosoft accredited reseller releases second hand
> computers for sale which neitherhas a fresh licensed copy of Windows
> installed nor the HD erased. Wonder if these machines have usual OEM
> licences and stickers which means MS is asserting the finer points of
> EULA to say the licence has lapsed merely because the computers
> changed hands.
>
> It is interesting that Microsoft is able to take advantge of the
> situation in various second world countries that have harsh and
> arbitary penal regimes.
>
> No one would wish the Gulag on their worst enemies, but it seems that
> Bill and Steve would.
This is getting worse for Microsoft credibility /AND/ image. They sort of
lied. Also compare this to the quiet lobbying at Europe.
The following is a previous report. I spotted this on January 30th after
earlier reports from the ISC, whose Web site revealed to me are funded by
Microsoft.
European Commission denies favouring open source
,----[ Quote ]
| The Commission's statement comes just days after it was lobbied to
| clarify its position on open source. The Initiative for Software
| Choice (ISC) wrote to the Commission immediately after the
| release of the report urging it to contact the "international
| press" to "set the record straight" over its stance. The ISC's
| external affairs are handled by CompTIA, which is funded by
| several IT vendors including Microsoft.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
`----
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/30012007/152/european-commission-denies-favouring-open-source.html
Then came this:
,----[ Quote ]
| "The European Commission has resisted efforts by Microsoft to make it
| abandon its report into open source software, it was revealed this week
|
| [...]
|
| The software giant also commissioned a respected university
| academic to back its case and enlisted the help of a trade
| association, CompTIA."
`----
http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39165722,00.htm
Aha! So silicon.com cofirms this. Yet more lobbying through proxies. They do
it /all/ the time. That's why they create bodies around the world, to serve
as proxies. Although SCO was not created by Microsoft, it was used in a
similar fashion.
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