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Linux Godfather urges revolt against Microsoft
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| Windows Vista has turned sour, interest in Linux is at an all-time high, and
| suddenly desktop operating systems don’t look as all-defining of the future
| as they once did. Microsoft has invested in new technologies such as
| virtualisation, but it’s by no means certain that Microsoft will
| automatically be its dominant force.
|
| “Gates may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he helped
| create remain, for now. Dismantling them is up to us,” he concludes.
|
| Last week Stallman urged young people in France to take to the streets to
| protest against a new copyright law that affects the ability of citizens to
| watch DVDs using free software.
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http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=102091&pagtype=all
Some people have begun criticing RMS after the MSBBC article. He only stated
and shared factual information. It's apparently not allowed to talk about
freedom in a secretly-fascistic/oppressive society. Have a look at this:
Linux News: Does Microsoft's Monopoly Power Extend to Government and Media?
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| Does Microsoft's Monopoly Power Extend to Government and Media? That seems
| like a rhetorical question given their little power play in Massachusetts. Is
| now the time to share our experience with the rest of the world?
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/48268/index.html
Yesterday:
Microsoft to take full control of MSN Israel portal
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| MSN Israel, established in 2000, is part of Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT -
| news - people )'s portal network, which operates in 44 countries. In almost
| all these countries, Microsoft wholly owns the portals, the companies said.
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http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/07/06/afx5186091.html
Related:
PC World Editor Resigns When Ordered Not to Criticize Advertisers
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| Apparently he also told the staff that product reviews had to be
| nicer to vendors who advertise in the magazine. The sad thing is
| that given the economics of publishing in this day and age, I
| doubt anything even comes of this even tho it essentially
| confirms that PC World reviews should be thought of as no
| more than press releases. I know that's how I will consider
| links from them in the future. But congratulations to anyone
| willing to stick to their guns on such matters.
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/03/1810239&from=rss
Dan Rather: Journalism has 'lost its guts'
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| To longtime CBS broadcaster Dan Rather, American journalism in recent
| years "has in some ways lost its guts."
|
| [...]
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| I do not exclude myself from this criticism... By and large, so
| many journalists--there are notable exceptions--have adopted
| the go-along-to-get-along (attitude)," he said.
|
| [...]
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| "In many ways," said Rather to loud applause, "what we in journalism
| need is a spine transplant."
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http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6166528.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
What happened to the guts?
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| Of one thing I am fairly certain. Microsoft all but eliminated
| mainstream software competition. As a result, Microsoft became
| the primary source of advertising revenue for mainstream publications.
| You don't bite the hand that feeds you. So instead of publishing
| issues calling for a worldwide boycott of Vista because it focuses
| more on what you can't do than what you can do, you see special
| editions praising Vista as the greatest advancement in computing
| since Windows 95. Granted we all know that Windows 95 was a dog
| from day one, but by the 90s, the mainstream press had already
| become rampant with Microsoft sycophants and they pushed Windows
| 95 like it was the second coming.
|
| [...]
|
| In short, I'd love to see a mainstream publication become an
| advocate for the consumer once again.
|
| As noted above, there are exceptions, including Linux Journal,
| most other FOSS-centered publications and even The Register.
| But we're the little guys.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000173
Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers
$350 million to MediaNews
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| Gates involvement has been very behind the scenes. In fact many of
| those involved in the deal didn'teven know he was one of the investors.
| It was carried out through the Gates Foundation, the world's largest
| philanthropy outfit.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849
Beeb slammed for 'fawning' to Bill Gates
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| BBC viewers have flooded the corporation with complaints over how it
| covered the launch of Microsoft Vista earlier this week.
|
| In one cringingly servile interview worthy of Uriah Heep, the
| Beeb's news presenter Hugh Edwards even thanked Gates at the
| end of it, presumably in appreciation at being allowed to give
| the Vole vast coverage for free.
|
| In other TV news items presenters excitedly explained how Vistac
| ould be obtained and installed - details courtesy of the BBC's
| website.
|
| But British viewers, currently forced to pay a £131.50 licence
| fee to maintain the BBC's "impartiality", were less than impressed.
|
| Scores got in touch to complain that so much was Auntie up Bill's
| bum that you could barely see her corset.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37411
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