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____/ High Plains Thumper on Friday 25 Sep 2009 04:27 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Recent:
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>> MS steps on a Snapdragon
>>
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>>> That brings us back to the Asus and what was billed as the
>>> best netbook/smartbook of the show. You have a company that
>>> kicked off the netbook craze two years ago with the Eee, an
>>> OS that is not only MS free, but Linux based as well, and a
>>> chipmaker that actually delivers product. The buzz was
>>> growing at Computex, and that would create a PR disaster for
>>> MS.
>>>
>>> So it went away. No really, it went POOF in the middle of
>>> the show. No explanation, no excuses, just that it was there
>>> one day, and gone the next. PR disaster averted for Redmond,
>>> phew.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/06/12/ms-steps-snapdragon/
>
> Very suspicious. Snapdragon is an ARM CPU, very cool running and
> efficient. I wonder if the EU has concerns over the shenanigans
> going on with such type manoeuvres, which seem to be related to a
> circumvention of competition in the market place.
The Russian government has an investigation of it.
Press-release of 21.07.2009
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| On 15th July 2009, the Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS
| Russia) began proceedings in a case against ÂÐÑÐr Inc.Â, ÂASUSTeK Computer
| Inc.Â, ÂToshiba CorporationÂ, ÂHewlett-Packard CompanyÂ, Â Samsung
| Electronics Co., Ltd. and ÂDell Inc. for the elements of violating the
| antimonopoly legislation. In accordance with the Determination of 20th July
| 2009, the FAS Russia's Commission, investigating the case, suspended the case
| until receiving additional evidence. The case will continue on 10th September
| 2009.
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http://www.fas.gov.ru/english/news/n_25502.shtml
- From Russia with Linux
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| Be sure Microsoft will put up a fight, because it will:
|
| 1. Make clear to the customer what he pays for and how much he pays for
| it;
| 2. Make it virtually impossible to impose its terms to hardware
| manufacturers;
| 3. Give customers a real alternative, backed by a major company;
| 4. Expose the vulnerability of its business model in the 21st century to
| the shareholders in a way that cannot be misunderstood;
| 5. Create a dangerous precedent - if here, why not in the US?
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http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-russia-with-linux.html
Less related to this (but also from this year):
Russia launches antitrust probe of Microsoft
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| Russia's state anti-monopoly service launched a probe of Microsoft Corp over
| cutbacks in supplies of the Windows XP operating system in Russia, it said on
| Thursday.
|
| The agency said it thought Microsoft had violated antimonopoly legislation by
| cutting delivery of Windows XP to Russia both separately and pre-installed on
| personal computers, as well as in its pricing policy on the product.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55358020090604
Russia now considers Microsoft a monopoly
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/642/1051642/russia-considers-microsoft-monopoly
Microsoft To Officially Become a Monopoly in Russia
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| Yesterday Russian anti-monopoly authorities informed us about the fact that
| they intend to officially include Microsoft in the register of monopolies
| doing business in the country.
|
| [...]
|
| In this manner the company will be monitored to see if it uses prices that
| are unreasonably high or unreasonably low and prevent competition in the
| market.
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http://profy.com/2009/04/02/microsoft-officially-monopoly-in-russia/
Russia has other plans in mind:
Medvedev Confirms Free Software Support
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| [via Google Translate: President of the Russian Federation as outlined its
| position on free software: ÂAnother issue - this is information technology in
| the social sphere. We actually tried to do so as part of a national project.
| Probably something that succeeded, but for now this is just the beginning. We
| must consider that the next move - to the domestic free software. I dealt
| with this topic, the results we have, we have already prepared their
| programs, which allow to create, in essence, a product is qualitative, based
| on free software, but is already tied to our realities Â.]
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/02/medvedev-confirms-free-software-for.html
Company ALT Linux has released a new server distro for schools
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| The set of products developed by ALT Linux in the school project, added a new
| distribution, released under the title "School Server 4.1 and based on
| code-based server distribution for small and medium-sized businesses - ALT
| Linux Office Server, adapted for the educational institutions. ÐÑÑÐÐÐÐÐÑÐÑÐ
| ÐÐÑÐÐ ÐÐÐÐÑ ÑÐÐÐÐÑ 670 ÐÐ Ð ÑÐÑÐÑÐÑÑÑÐÐÑÐÑÑÑ ÑÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ. Set the image size is
| 670 MB and is distributed freely.
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http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opennet.ru%2Fopennews%2Fart.shtml%3Fnum%3D20399&sl=auto&tl=en&history_state0=
Russian Federation Commits to Open Source
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| Open source software development in Russia is one of the most important
| directives for Igor Schegolev - the Head of the Ministry of Information
| Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation. At a key meeting
| with Werner Knoblich, Red Hat Vice President for EMEA, he announced support
| for a Russian Fedora association and for Red Hat development in the Russian
| Federation. He also expressed support for open source infrastructure and
| applications, and the development of a repository for industry best practice.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1981634.htm
Russia To Develop a National Operating System
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| "According to Russian media, the Russian Government is going to develop a
| National Operating System (Google translation; Russian original) to lower its
| dependencies on foreign software technology licensing. The Russian plan will
| base its efforts on Linux and expects a worldwide impact. Microsoft is also
| involved in the roundtable process that led to the recommendation. The
| Chinese government successfully lowered its Microsoft licensing costs through
| an early investment in a national Linux distribution. I wonder if other large
| markets, such as the European Union, will also develop their own Linux
| distributions or join in the Russian initiative."
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http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F23%2F1450224&from=rss
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