Google says Microsoft's Yahoo buy might hurt Internet
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| "We would hope that anything they did would be consistent with the openness
| of the Internet, but I doubt it would be."
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| Schmidt pointed to Microsoft's past history and "the things that it has done
| that have been so difficult for everyone," but he did not elaborate.
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http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20080317&id=8344999
Microsoft will try to ruin the Web, but antitrust regulators are already
looking into it. Last miserable attempts of a company in decline -- a company
which manufactures illusions using bribed 'analysts' and Munchkins.
Microsoft licenses Adobe's mobile Flash and PDF software
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| Microsoft Corp. has licensed Adobe's software for viewing online videos and
| other files on cell phones, the companies said Monday.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8597879?nclick_check=1
Giving up so fast? No XPS? Well, nobody almost uses Vista, so it didn't work
out too well. Not as well as hoped anyway...
Days ago:
Navy to focus only on open systems
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| "The days of proprietary technology must come to an end," [Vice Admiral Mark
| Edwards, deputy chief of naval operations for communications] said. "We will
| no longer accept systems that couple hardware, software and data."
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http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151858-1.html
Recent:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
|
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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