Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Top CompTIA Poll on Most Influential IT Industry
Personalities of the Past 25 Years
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| The co-founders of two of the world's most successful, recognizable and
| innovative information technology (IT) companies are the industry's most
| influential personalities of the past 25 years, according to a poll by the
| Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
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http://www.pr-inside.com/bill-gates-steve-jobs-top-comptia-r288815.htm
They also praised Internet Explorer not so long ago. it's a Microsoft lobbying
arm in disguise. It's funded by Microsoft. It attacks the EU, the FSF, ODF,
and just about anything that is a threat to Microsoft. Disgusting. Revolting.
They vote for people who give them a paycheck.
Related:
Getting People to Say Nice Things About Microsoft
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| First, it was bloggers; now Microsoft is hiring Wikipedia writers to
| set its stories straight on the popular online encylopedia. How
| dumb does Microsoft think we are?
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2086784,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
Clearing up anti-GPL3 FUD
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| Some of the bad publicity about GPL3 is deliberate. A particularly
| bad article by Dan Lyons of Forbes magazine painted an offensive
| picture of GPL3 and Richard Stallman, even accusing Stallman of
| having sex with flowers (!!!) after Lyons failed to comprehend
| a scientific joke.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/3/22/16651/
Perens Lashes Out at Claims GPL 3 Brings Legal Risks
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| "Let's make it clear that [ACT] is Microsoft's lobbying front and
| that they are going to paint as negative a picture as they can,"
| Perens told eWEEK in an interview.
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| "Obviously, GPL software is displacing Microsoft enough to have
| them concerned, and it's doing it at customers who are important
| to them. A lawyer's job is to scare the other side if they can--because
| they know it's cheaper than winning a case in court," he said.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2112267,00.asp
Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
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| After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
| Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
| research director at JupiterResearch.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods
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| "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said Jupiter
| Research analyst Michael Gartenberg.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetmusicfilmcompanymicrosoft
http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
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