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[Esp-action-alert] Raise awareness of "Economic Parasites", Brussels, Thursday
5th 8am
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| If you could be in Brussels between 8am and 9:30am tomorrow (Thursday 5th),
| please contact ciaran[at]fsf.org (GSM: +32 487 64 17 54).
|
| EndSoftwarePatents.org will be launching the "Economic Parasites" campaign
| and our first action will be to inform the attendees of Microsoft's "Growth
| and Innovation Day".
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| Help is needed to hand out leaflets outside the entrance before this event.
|
| Since this is very short notice, if you know someone else who might be happy
| to help us, please forward them this email.
|
| Microsoft attacked free software and GNU/Linux users with software patent
| claims against the Tom Tom Navigator and its implementation of the FAT file
| system. With widespread support for GNU/Linux becoming a reality, are these
| patent claims an attempt to chill adoption by spreading fear, uncertainty
| and doubt (FUD)? Let's remind businesses and politicians in Brussels that
| Microsoft is a parasite.
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http://campaigns.fsf.org/pipermail/esp-action-alert/2009-March/000001.html
Microsoft's Innovations That Aren't
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| Why does Microsoft call its big EU lobbying-party an Innovation Day? When a
| big company puts on a show in Brussels to get the ear of government, it seems
| more like business as usual to us
|
| Today, Microsoft gathers several hundred of the EU elite to an Innovation Day
| in Brussels. It seems reasonable to ask what innovation there will be there.
|
| Yes, there's Microsoft's Surface - aptly satirised on Youtube by
| SarcasticGamer as "a big-ass table" (and perhaps not the sprightliest answer
| to the iPhone). But the rest is given over to a crew of Microsoft partners
| who - from the online brochure, are very worthy, but don't seem to have a lot
| new to say (but, non-Microsoft readers, please do tell me if you're excited
| by anything there).
|
| The programme has an ironic session on Intellectual Property - ironic because
| Microsoft is currently using its software patents to threaten the open source
| world in not-very specific terms. The current lawsuit against TomTom starts
| to get to specifics, but seems very clearly to be directed at stifling
| innovation.
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| It's also ironic to see EU commissioners on the programme, given the EU's
| history in nailing Microsoft as a monopolist.
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http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/comment/microsofts-innovations-that-arent-294
Recent:
Ballmer ordered to testify in 'Vista' case
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| A federal judge ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a
| class-action lawsuit revolving around Microsoft's marketing prior to the
| launch of its Windows Vista operating system.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/155137.asp
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