Olswang keeps finger on tech pulse with dedicated open source division
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| Olswang has launched a new unit dedicated to advising on open source
| technology, as the law firm aims to cash in on the software’s increased use
| in the UK.
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http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1055465/Olswang+keeps+finger+on+tech+pulse+with+dedicated+open+source.html
Related:
Unbundling Microsoft Windows
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| Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating
| system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that
| the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public
| interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market.
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http://www.globalisation.eu/briefings/competition-policy/unbundling-microsoft-windows-200709231241/
Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows
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| The Globalisation Institute, a European think-tank run by free market
| advocates, today went on the offensive against Microsoft, calling on the EU
| to require all PCs to be sold without operating systems.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/09/24/globalisation_institute_windows_bundling/
French consumer group attacks PC software bundling
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| UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
| practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
| using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
| dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu
Jury Hears Microsoft Competition Suit
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| A judge on Friday told jurors they must accept as fact that a
| federal court found in 1999 that Microsoft holds a monopoly over
| computer operating systems and that it restricted computer
| manufacturers' ability to use competing systems.
|
| [...]
|
| She said she'll show that the company used its monopoly power
| to exclude competition and control prices and that it conspired with
| other companies to restrain trade, maintaining what she called a
| chokehold on software competitors and computer manufacturers.
|
| "It isn't illegal to be successful," Conlin said in opening
| remarks. "We applaud that. ... But you can't freeze out competitors
| and punish and retaliate against people who cooperate with
| competitors. Microsoft did all that and more."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
Lawyer: Microsoft patent claims won't affect UK
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| Microsoft's claims that open-source software infringes its patents do not
| apply in the UK, according to a top lawyer.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39289297,00.htm?r=2
Legal summits to tackle Linux
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| "Many of today's legal conferences unnecessarily scare or confuse open source
| users, developers and vendors," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The
| Linux Foundation, in a statement.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Legal-summits-to-tackle-Linux/0,339028227,339282015,00.htm
UK public sector views open source as too risky
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| "The UK government spends 12.4bn pounds a year on IT. The answer to whether
| open source can reduce that is clearly, yes," said Mark Taylor, president of
| the Open Source Consortium and CEO of Sirius.
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http://www.cbronline.com//article_news.asp?guid=DCD89290-68D2-4869-9B73-C734B45F9B6F
Open source apathy damages UK prospects
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| The UK's position as the open source laggard of Europe is preventing the
| growth of UK software industry and skills, according Alfresco, an open source
| enterprise content management company.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=2E0D402A-DE18-4C9F-868E-194BF15F8A58
Risk and opportunity: open source in the UK
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| The debate indicated that risk aversion is preventing the UK public sector
| from exploiting the benefits of open source, but that UK’s position as the
| open source laggard of Europe is preventing the growth of UK software
| industry and skills.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/09/risk_and_opport.html
The trainwreck-waiting-to-happen that is UK government IT spending
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| Think about that. Think about what this means: eight vendors have a
| tremendous amount of leverage over the taxpayers of the United Kingdom.
|
| [...]
|
| The UK, in other words, is a captive of its IT vendors. That is shockingly
| wrong.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9777862-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
BBC Corrupted
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| Today the BBC made it official -- they have been corrupted by Microsoft. With
| today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most basic of
| duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line distribution
| of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating
| system to view BBC programming on the web. This is akin to saying you must
| own a Sony TV set to watch BBC TV. And you must accept the Digital
| Restrictions Management (DRM) that the iPlayer imposes. You simply cannot be
| allowed to be in control of your computer according to the BBC.
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http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
The [UK] politics of open source
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| There's been a suggestion of a shift towards open source in the
| houses of government in the UK recently, with the Conservative
| Party promising to promote open source if elected and the incumbent
| Labour Party releasing the code behind its new carbon footprint
| calculator under the General Public License.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/the_politics_of.html
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