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Accused software pirate denounces Microsoft
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| A software dealer who Microsoft charged with engaging in the sale of pirated
| software is vowing to fight back. Next week he plans to file a complaint with
| the European Commission alleging abuse of power and anti-trust violations.
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=C7A7B9DA-17A4-0F78-319394D5362B416E
Related:
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
|
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
2007: Microsoft in Review
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| It’s no small secret. I hate Microsoft. I think they are the most vile and
| corrupt corporation in the tech industry. Their monopoly hampers innovation
| and they favor litigation, corruption and marketing tricks to maintain their
| position over simply creating great products. I have read and heard many
| people claim Microsoft is changing, improving, and the evil Microsoft of the
| pass is fading; I strongly disagree with this view, and it takes no more then
| a cursory look through Microsoft’s actions in 2007 to see why:
|
| Attacking Non-Profits Seeking to Help Children in Poor Countries
|
| Professor Negroponte wants to make the world a better place. His vision? An
| affordable laptop in the hands of every child. He founded a non-profit group
| and created the XO, an amazing machine targeted specifically at children
| living in poor countries, with features such as mesh networking to easily
| connect and share info, a screen viewable outdoors, tiny power consumption
| and a battery rechargeable through a solar panel.
|
| Microsoft earlier labeled this a toy and attempted to mock it, but in 2007 as
| the XO began to become a reality the real attack began.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft Threatens Linux with Patent Claims
|
| Microsoft loves to sling mud on others and then refuse to say where the mud
| came from. In 2007, Microsoft claimed Linux violates 235 of its patents.
| They, of course, refused to provide any specificity to the claim, for if it
| is true Microsoft is not interested in allowing Linux to work around the
| patents.
|
| [...]
|
| ISO AND MSOOXML
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| Perhaps the worst story about Microsoft in 2007 is its unrelenting assault on
| ISO, the International Standards Organization.
|
| [...]
|
| Here is a quick list of some of the “Irregularities” uncovered so far:
|
| Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway,
| Switzerland, USA: Committee Stuffing
|
| Finland: chairman fired
|
| Hungary: rule bending (deadlines and majority rules bent to favor MS)
|
| India: astroturfing
|
| Malaysia: voted no, but overridden by government anyways and changed to
| yes
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| Netherlands: voted no, but was overridden by Microsoft
|
| Pakistan, Sweden: members bought
|
| Poland: voted no, taken and given to another committee who rubber stamped
| it
|
| Germany, Russia: irregularity
|
| Spain: Microsoft spreads misinformation
|
| Ukraine, Venezuela: discrimination
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http://nazgum.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/2007-microsoft-in-review/
EU Commission Investigating Microsoft's MSOOXML Push
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| I hope they think to investigate the smear campaigns that seem to always
| happen to anyone on the other side from Microsoft. What happened to Peter
| Quinn was by no means unique.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080208151410252
Gates Deposition Audio and Video
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| Here is our local copy of the depositions of Bill Gates in the
| Microsoft anti-trust suit. We did our best to convert the
| original Windows Media files into an Open format, ogg. Your
| webmaster is responsible for the video transcoding, the
| audio-only files are contributed by a Groklaw member that
| requested to stay anonymous.
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http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=GatesDepo
EU May Fine Microsoft Over Antitrust Case, People Say
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| The fine may be announced as soon as Feb. 27, said the people, who declined
| to be identified because the decision isn't public. Microsoft said in a Jan.
| 24 U.S. regulatory filing that the penalty may be as much as 1.5 billion
| euros ($2.2 billion).
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=MSFT:US&sid=aG8SwG8llTmM
Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/01/microsoft_intel_vista_capable_emails/
Microsoft 'Caves' To Intel
http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/28/microsoft-vista-intel-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0228vista.html?partner=yahootix
US ambassador to the EU was former Microsoft lobbyist
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| Before C. Boyden Gray was named as George Bush's number one person in
| Europe, he was a lawyer lobbying on behalf of Microsoft.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34706
Opera files EU antitrust suit against Microsoft
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| Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the European
| Union, accusing it of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer web
| browser to Windows.
|
| The complaint, which was filed by the Norwegian firm with the European
| Commission yesterday, says Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the
| desktop PC market by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of
| Windows, and hindering interoperability by not following accepted standards
| with IE.
|
| Opera is asking the Commission, the executive branch of the European Union,
| to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows, or include other browsers as
| a standard part of its operating system. It also wants it to require
| Microsoft to adhere to industry standards with its Web browser.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?newsid=6663
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