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An open letter to Barack Obama and the DNC (or, change video formats)
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| If the DNCC website is any indication, the promise of openness is empty.
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| [...]
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| By restricting access to either MS-Windows or Apple OSX, the DNCC is
| restricting freedom of choice in operating systems. A fairly large (3% or
| more) segment of the population uses other, freely-available operating
| systems such as GNU/Linux. (Here, “freely-available” does not refer to price,
| but to freedom.)
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/open_letter_barack_obama_and_dncc_video_format
Democratic National Convention against GNU/Linux or bought by Microsoft?
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| I know what most people must be thinking- this is just another crazy
| GNU/Linux zealot. Well, I’m not. Let me set things straight. This isn’t about
| GNU/Linux vs Linux, this isn’t about the Democratic National Convention being
| anti-GNU/Linux or being bought by Microsoft. No. This is about advocating
| against solutions that are marginalizing groups of people. This is just one
| example of where Microsoft’s monopoly is abusing its strengths to stifle
| competition. When we don’t complain loudly about utilizing new or proprietary
| technology we allow web developers or those in charge the opportunity to
| stifle our choices. It doesn’t matter if you use GNU/Linux or not- because
| tomorrow the choice of which technology to adopt will have been made for you-
| for better or worse.
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http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/democratic-national-convention-against-gnulinux-or-bought-by-microsoft/
http://tinyurl.com/5ffybv
Online dirty tricks may mar U.S. elections
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| As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, voting activists are bracing
| themselves for an onslaught of online dirty tricks and misinformation
| campaigns designed to deceive and disenfranchise voters.
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| Political dirty tricks and misinformation close to election time are, of
| course, nothing new. But experts say they are about to get nastier and more
| prevalent because of the ease of disseminating them online.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/26/deceptive.campaign.practices/index.html?eref=rss_tech
http://tinyurl.com/62zuf7
Sounds like a job for the Microsoft Munchkins of COLA.
Related:
Microsoft "regrets" Mac-to-PC ad
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| Microsoft, in the wake of an Apple Computer ad campaign to woo Windows users,
| briefly ran a similar ad of its own.
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| An ad, titled "Confessions of a Mac to PC convert," was posted to Microsoft's
| Web site last week. The article purports to be a first-person account of a
| writer who decided to switch from an Apple Macintosh computer to a PC running
| Windows XP.
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http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-961994.html?tag=fd_top_3
MS kills another clip-art fan rave
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| Microsoft has yanked another of its fraudulent user testimonials, in this
| case a fictitious twelve-year-old boy raving about a fictional homework
| assignment and the indespensable insights he received from MS Encarta
| Reference Library in preparing it.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/16/ms_kills_another_clipart_fan/
Investigators call on Microsoft
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| The contracts, signed with companies such as Walt Disney, PointCast, and CNN,
| have received intense scrutiny from federal and state regulators, the Senate
| Judiciary Committee, and the European Commission. (CNET, publisher of
| NEWS.COM, also has signed a contract with Microsoft.)
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http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-210063.html
OS/2 ISP Mailing List
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| Microsoft employee's move against AOL backfires
| By Melanie Austria Farmer, Staff Writer, CNET News.com
| August 13, 1999, 9:00 a.m. PT
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| A Microsoft programmer apparently masqueraded as an
| independent computer consultant in an effort to discredit
| America Online's tactics and behavior in its instant
| messaging battle with Microsoft, according to reports.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20040113095838/http://w3.hethmon.com/os2isp/1999/Aug/Msgs/l2w15889.html
MS targets Linux, Mac rivals with IIS astroturf
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| In total, we're three-quarters of the way to collecting the full set, from
| various concerned correspondents, and were whimsically thinking of trading
| them with you. Can you swap us a Mac OS X vulnerability for a couple of PHP
| Engine Disable Source Viewing Vulnerabilities? We've lots of those... But
| most correspondents point out the first two on the list. And almost all such
| letters continue the theme: "It doesn't matter what system you are running,
| if you don't keep up to date you will be hit."
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| Microsoft surely gave an honest answer yesterday, by tacitly accepting that
| IIS has a unique problem (or combination of problems), that they recognize
| it, and are taking steps to fix it with a rewrite. But we fear that this kind
| of Astroturf will continue for a while yet.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/26/ms_targets_linux_mac_rivals/
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