Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> I'm glad that some journalists have blogs. Have a look...
>
> 'Legitimate concerns' - a non-correction
>
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>| I just noticed that Microsoft's director of corporate standards,
>| Jason Matusow, has published a clarification of a recent story I
>| wrote about Open XML's route through the ISO standardization process.
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> http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/03/legitimate_conc.html
>
> Microsoft/Novell patent deal -- a customer doesn't speak
>
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>| I asked Matthew O'Neill, group head of distributed systems for HSBC
>| global IT operations, whether he was ever worried about either Microsoft
>| or Novell suing it for using the other company?s products.
>|
>| Before O'Neill could answer, however, Susan Hauser, general manager
>| of strategic partnerships and licensing at Microsoft, chipped in to
>| answer for him, giving the stock answer that the companies? customers
>| had concerns about intellectual property and wanted peace of mind.
>|
>| Well here I was asking the companies' customer to explain his concerns
>| about intellectual property and he wasn?t being given a chance to
>| speak. Eventually he did make his feelings known, but it would seem
>| HSBC isn?t as concerned about IP infringement as Microsoft.
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>
> http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/03/microsoftnovell.html
Microsoft just don't get any better, do they? A whole business built on
a culture of FUD. I wonder how the interviews for MS go - presumably if
you turn out to be honest, you cannot work there.
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