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Open Source FUD Flies at Florida Higher Education Conference
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| The New York Times is running an interesting piece from IDG News on how
| administrators and IT chiefs for higher educational institutions are at odds
| over whether it makes sense to deploy open source software instead of
| proprietary products. The flap went on this week at the Educause conference
| in Florida. Within the argument that's going on, a number of surprising
| fallacies about open source are apparently cropping up. Here are the details.
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http://ostatic.com/176104-blog/open-source-fud-flies-at-florida-higher-education-conference
"Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer [...] I can't imagine
something that could be worse than this for the software business and the
intellectual-property business. I'm an American; I believe in the American
way, I worry if the government encourages open source, and I don't think we've
done enough education of policymakers to understand the threat."
--Jim Allchin, Microsoft
Recent:
GOSCON gives government good open source ideas
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| Ironically, some of the most interesting discussion at GOSCON was kicked off
| by sponsor Microsoft and a talk from the company’s Director of Open Source
| Strategy Bryan Kirschner about how the company fits into a world where open
| source is more than just a hobbyist fad.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/10/22/goscon-gives-government-good-open-source-ideas/
Microsoft self interest is its commitment to open source
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| I believe that Microsoft’s earnest intent is to make open source on Windows,
| ASP.Net and Silverlight as simple and supported as open source on Linux and
| Apache infrastructure, following on its previous movement toward open source.
| Would Microsoft benefit from making these newly-supported, open source pieces
| and products less efficient or integrated?
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/10/19/microsoft-self-interest-is-its-commitment-to-open-source/
Penguins in Tel Aviv? It Must Be the Annual Open-Source Convention
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| Yes, you read that right: Microsoft was a major sponsor of the conference,
| and its logo appeared prominently on the conference program, as well as on
| the T-shirts that were distributed to each attendee. There was even a very
| well-attended session at which a Microsoft manager (Amir Shevat) tried to
| convince the crowd that the war is over, and that it's worth trying to find
| ways in which Microsoft and the open-source community can work together.
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http://ostatic.com/170384-blog/penguins-in-tel-aviv-it-must-be-the-annual-open-source-convention
Related:
Microsoft participation to stir open source summit talks
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| Microsoft Philippines will sponsor an open source summit in Cebu next month
| and this early, the software giant is bracing itself for lively discussions
| about openXML and the fact that the company will make its presence felt at
| the summit.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080516-136995/Microsoft-participation-to-stir-open-source-summit-talks
Microsoft is Golden sponsor for the Java Developer Conference in Egypt
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| Microsoft? Yes, Microsoft will be a Golden sponsor in the Java Developer
| Conference which organized by the Egyptian Java User Group.
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http://weblogs.java.net/blog/ahashim/archive/2008/02/microsoft_is_go_1.html
Linux World China 2007 and Software Freedom Day preview
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| The venue was also full of Microsoft folks trying to start a chat with
| visitors.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,63000537,00.htm
"Microsoft seems to have hijacked Linux Asia"
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| Was the general feel amongst the attendees at Linux Asia 2007;
| MS however, just wanted to say ''let us walk hand-in-hand''
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http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/Linux/2007/107020104.asp
Linux vendors and Microsoft follow the money
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| Novell's recently unpopular chief executive was doing more than reading from
| a crudely scripted speech when he told LinuxWorld to get with the program and
| deal with Microsoft and mixed source.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/10/microsoft_open_source/
Did LinuxWorld survive Microsoft's Mike Hall?
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9433653049.html
Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld Expo
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1309
LinuxWorld: It's About The Apps (Dummy)!
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| Microsoft's appearance was an unexpected highlight. I half expected
| to be inundated by Microsoft messaging and materials about what
| Microsoft is doing with Novell. Instead, the Redmondites just
| mingled with the open sourcers, chatting them up about what
| they thought about the show and, of course, Microsoft.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3660541
Microsoft sponsors FOSS event (what the hell's going on!!!)
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| Despite the resent FUD campaign that Micro$oft has launched against Free
| and Open Source Software they seems to be supporting FOSS at the same
| time by sponsoring FOSS advocacy events such as FOSS-ed... go to :
| http://www.foss.lk/events/2007/fossedforwindows and look for the "Gold
| Sponsors" at the end of the page.
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http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_sponsors_FOSS_event_what_the_hell_s_going_on
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