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A poor start for Microsoft?
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| Theres been some rather poor press reported
| by some and I whilst the some reports
| written about at the time, I have the
| luxury of being able to look back at them
| now the dust is settled (a little).
|
| We will start off with the IE exploit that
| was widely reported by many outlets coming
| into the new year. Microsoft though in
| true fashion had this to say:
|
| Customers should also upgrade to the
| latest version of Internet Explorer,
| Internet Explorer 8, which provides
| improved security and privacy
| protections, as well as sign up for
| Microsoft Update and enable the
| Automatic Update functionality. This
| will enable automatic installation of
| all applicable updates this month and
| help to make customer systems more
| secure.
|
| [...]
|
| A comment said by myself many times last
| year was that Microsoft is fighting a war
| on too many fronts and not only failing to
| conquer those but at the same time loosing
| its grip on its traditional products which
| are being challenged by alternatives.
| Alternatives that have been quietly
| improving their products while Microsoft
| tries to take on the planet. We see this
| with IE. We see the moving away from
| Windows (whatever figure you want to put on
| it) and other traditional MS products.
|
| So 2010 will be the year of the
| alternative? I think its now the
| mainstream user is realizing that which so
| many people have already found out, it
| doesnât need to be Microsoft. It matters
| not if you are an Apple user, Linux, BSD or
| anything else, a more diverse IT world will
| be better for the end-user as everyone ups
| their game to compete for your
| custom/usage.
|
| I wonder though if Microsoft will, instead
| of challenging with great software, dig
| into its patent portfolio and challenge
| with that instead. Its often thought by
| many that the Microsoft ethos of âdo it our
| way or not at allâ is one of the dangers
| that Microsoft poses to alternatives, be it
| Linux, be it in the form Mono or anything
| else.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/2010-the-year-of-the-alternative/
Recent:
Microsoft sues TiVo...but not over Linux. Surprise!
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| At least, one hopes so. As Red Hat
| evangelist Jan Wildeboer suggests,
|
| The 6,008,803 patent...looks very broad.
| Might affect all kinds of media center
| [software]. So also Linux apps. The real
| question is, "Which Linux media center
| app infringes on Tivo patents?
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10438791-16.html
Petition to Stop Software Patents in Europe
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| The petition aims to unify the voices of
| concerned Europeans, associations and
| companies, and calls on our politicians in
| Europe to stop patents on software with
| legislative clarifications.
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http://byteday.org/story.php?title=petition-to-stop-software-patents-in-europe.86474
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