OpenGL - Microsoft left?
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| Small comment again. Got into a discussion over OpenGL. Now, as I've posted
| before, I hold that DirectX is a dead format. It's a proprietary API that
| locks developers out of the maximum number of systems they can publish on.
|
| [...]
|
| The second is... Microsoft. What makes this even more odd is that I know that
| unlike Nintendo, Microsoft used to be part of the OpenGL Architecture Review
| Board. So...
|
| The next time someone says to you that Microsoft supports open Standards...
| point out that Microsoft left OpenGL in 2003... and hasn't made any effort to
| rejoin.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/01/opengl-microsoft-left.html
Viacom's $1 Billion Lawsuit Of YouTube: Google Replaces Attorneys On The Case
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| The lawsuit was filed in march last year, and in May, Google hired Phil Beck,
| a partner with Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, to lead its
| defense. Beck has represented George W. Bush in Florida during the 2000
| presidential election, and Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT - News) during its
| anti-trust trial.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/080117/1_318813_id.html?.v=1
Viacom and Microsoft are business partners and this is sort of like a lawsuit
by proxy -- a friend helps a friend.
Related:
Microsoft Befriends Google's Foes
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| After a government- and monopoly-inspired period in which Microsoft had
| to pretend to be a gentle force for global good, the company is being
| forced to return to its ruthless roots. Ironically, it is doing this
| in part by decrying the unfair practices of a competitor and
| shamelessly sucking up to the Establishment.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/06/microsoft-google-blodget-tech-cx_hb_0306blodget.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3bewws
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| To that point, Soapbox was littered with pirated videos. This put
| Microsoft in a pickle. The software giant was agreeing to distribute
| content for entertainment companies whose copyright was commonly
| violated at its video-sharing site.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9725064-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Legal Titans Glare At Each Other Across Google-Viacom Battlefield
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| The Viacom versus Google case is going to be an interesting showdown.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/each_side_digs_.html
Viacom: 'Daily Show' clips just the beginning
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| In the meantime, there's still the matter of that $1 billion lawsuit. Viacom
| earlier this year sued Google over the misappropriation of copyrighted
| content on YouTube.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9799914-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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