Defending Openness
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| What this shows is that however many battles are won, the war against closed,
| proprietary approaches goes on. Open source and open standards have made huge
| strides, but in other areas - open access and open data, for example - the
| fight is only beginning.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000308
Related:
Microsoft Loses, Spins Open XML Vote
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| ISO issued a statement that makes plain what Microsoft tried to spin as a
| victory.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2178917,00.asp
OSI Calls for Major Revisions to Microsoft Permissive License
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| But the two primary criticisms of the MPL are valid, Tiemann said.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2185919,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
EU court dismisses most of Microsoft's appeal
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| The EU's Court of First Instance dismissed Microsoft's appeal on all
| substantive points, reversing the Commission only on the creation of a
| monitoring trustee to ensure implementation of one of the remedies.
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http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nBRU005957
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
Allchin's 'Buy a Mac' E-Mail Exposed
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| "I must tell you everything in my soul tells me that we should do
| what I called plan (b) yesterday. We need a simple fast storage
| system. LH [Longhorn] is a pig and I don't see any solution to this
| problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux and Apple, we
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| need to start taking the lessons of 'scenario, simple, fast' to
| heart. Jim"
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/allchins_buy_a_mac_email_exposed.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/y5cuu6
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