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GE European CIO calls open source risky, playground â really?
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| I also wrote about GE as one of the big
| brands that is using open source.
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| Second, we have seen a dramatic shift in the
| risk/benefit outlook on open source software
| in the enterprise. Driven largely by
| difficult economic conditions, tightened
| budgets and time and business pressures,
| customers who were previously unsure about
| open source software are now willing to live
| with that uncertainty and risk to give open
| source a chance. Our recent survey of open
| source software users and customers
| reinforces the idea that open source is now
| more positively associated with cost savings
| than it is negatively associated with risk.
| In response, open source seems to be largely
| passing the test, meeting or exceeding cost-
| savings expectations for nearly 90% of our
| more than 1,700 survey respondents.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/11/30/ge-european-cio-calls-open-source-risky-playground-really/
GE/Comcast NBC Universal Deal Said to Be Complete
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/12/01/gecomcast-nbc-universal-deal-said-to-be-complete
Recent:
More Evil from the Intellectual Monopolies Mob
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| Basically, the IM mob are desperately trying to con
| unions into doing their dirty work by pushing out
| propaganda on intellectual monopolies. I just love
| the line "The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of
| America) and IIPA (International Intellectual
| Property Association) were both very enthusiastic
| about this proposal": you bet they are. Their own
| ham-fisted efforts have backfired so spectacularly
| that they are desperate for someone else not tainted
| by their inept approach of punishing consumers to
| try.
|
| The following is also significant:
|
| The discussion on future work mostly focus on
| climate change. General Electric and Microsoft
| were particularly outspoken in highlighting their
| fear that some current negotiations over green
| technology and IPR would weaken IPR. They also
| denounced the inclusion of proposals that limit
| patentable subject matter and recommend
| compulsory licenses or licenses of rights.
|
| As well as Microsoft's usual bleating about not being
| allowed to patent software in some jurisdictions,
| it's interesting to note that both it and General
| Electric seem to rate the preservation of
| intellectual monopolies rather higher than the
| preservation of our planet. Pure evil.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-evil-from-intellectual-monopolies.html
Patent trolls try to rip off high tech firms
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| âThis is a huge problem for companies like ours,â said David Bates,
| intellectual property counsel for GE Healthcare. âItâs extortion, and we do
| face (these problems) on a regular basis, and because of the way the system
| is set up we canât possibly keep up
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http://www.biztimes.com/news/2009/5/29/patent-trolls-try-to-rip-off-high-tech-firms
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