__/ [ Paul Bramscher ] on Saturday 17 February 2007 03:38 \__
> John Bailo wrote:
>> Tim Smith wrote:
>>
>>> but there's been no dumping of Yahoo to
>>> buy Microsoft.
>>>
>>
>> That's not what the article says.
>
> The "Social Choice" mutual fund of TIAA-CREF is arguably the least
> offensive retirement option available to American educators. It doesn't
> invest in nuclear, weapons, sweatshops, Big Oil, mercenary and other
> Bush/Cheney type industries. That said, Microsoft is the top holding:
>
http://quicktake.morningstar.com/fundnet/Holdings.aspx?Country=USA&Symbol=TCSCX&fdtab=portfolio
>
> Now, what's a reasonably progressive-minded and linux advocate supposed
> to do? Bury his head in the sand?
>
> You'll note on that URL, also, that Microsoft had the WORST recent
> performance of the entire top-25 list.
http://wps.fidelity.com/servlets/Help/newlog/hhsupbrow.htm
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| Fidelity's site is best viewed with the following browser and operating
| systems:
|
| * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
| * Windows XP or Windows 2000
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Also see:
Corporate Fight Against Open Source
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| Remember during the Dot Com boom when sites used to display which
| browser you should use in order to best utilize their website?
| Quaint, annoying and even a little narrow minded. Those of us who
| have been yearning for a blast from the past will be thrilled to
| learn that Wal-Mart is apparently doing this in the year 2007.
| Wait, it gets better...
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2468&Itemid=449
Walmart video site gets worse
,----[ Quote ]
| As you can see, if you go to their video downloading page here,
| it now properly detects your browser. Yay, progress! Sadly, if
| you are not using the spyware vector called IE, well, it locks you
| out. You get the following error message.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37514
BBC plans to lock viewers into Microsoft monopoly says Open Source Consortium
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| The Open Source Consortium (OSC) believes the plans are anti-competitive
| and will use public money to lock viewers into the technologies of
| a repeatedly convicted monopolist.
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http://www.publictechnology.net/article_avantgo.php?sid=7655
,----[ Quote ]
| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1989 9:44 AM
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
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http://iuron.com - proposing a non-profit search engine
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