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Microsoft salutes debate on Office Open XML

http://www.africanews.com

Microsoft Corporation has welcomed the current debate on the proposed global standardization of the Ecma Office Open Extensible Markup Language (Open XML) as positive and good according to Microsoft Corporation.

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Effective Evangelism & Disinformation

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Microsoft's James Plamondon's: "It is our job to ensure that those choosing [software] are presented with an overwhelming abundance of evidence and reasoned argument in favor of our standards."

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Microsoft-Google Showdown Heats Up as Court Rule Ends

http://www.bloomberg.com

Microsoft Corp. will soon be free of a U.S. court decree imposed for anti-competitive behavior, just in time for a showdown with Google Inc. and others seeking domination in the ever-changing software industry.

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Created by missgeek 14 years 39 weeks ago
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Partners to Microsoft: Don't Make Us Licensing Police

http://www.crn.com

Microsoft partners think it's great that the vendor has been aggressively battling software piracy. But some partners say the task of ensuring that their clients are in compliance with Microsoft's Byzantine software licensing structure is steadily growing more difficult.

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Created by Jimbob 14 years 39 weeks ago
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Vista SP1 won't sacrifice security for compatibility

http://www.itwire.com

Deja vu, yet again.

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Created by lozz 14 years 39 weeks ago
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Those Dang DPCs Clogging the MMCSS

http://blog.rlove.org

We shall see. Vista is no where near ready for deployment and adopters should—as always—wait until there are several service packs for and the server variant of the OS before upgrading. In the meantime, let me recommend an alternative or two.

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Created by mark 14 years 39 weeks ago
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Microsoft Set for Lock-in-backed Hijack (and Novell Helps It)

http://boycottnovell.com

Time after time we warned that with the arrival of Windows Vista comes a novel lock-in strategy. It must not be ignored. Proprietary and patent-encumbered technology will be named “open” and then gradually extended. It is a trap which is disguised by disinformation and third parties like Novell and Ecma.

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Created by bluecheese 14 years 39 weeks ago
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Why Home Users Absolutely Shouldn't Use Linux

http://covarr.blogspot.com

This article is one of the worst pieces of fud I have ever seen. It's not bad because it works. It's bad because it's so poorly thought out. The author's ignorance borders on mind boggling. Feel free to bury the story, but consider visiting the site and posting some feedback to the author. While I doubt he will care, anyone reading it will at least see the responses.

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Created by Jimbob 14 years 39 weeks ago
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Microsoft/UNESCO Agreement: neo-colonialism in the computer era

http://portal.unesco.org

"On November 17th 2004, Bill Gates visited UNESCO headquarters in Paris to sign a partnership agreement with the organization..."

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Created by can.axis 14 years 40 weeks ago
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Did Microsoft Buy Netcraft?

http://www.linuxjournal.com

Okay, I'm not seriously suggesting Microsoft is paying off Netcraft to produce positive survey results (although this is certainly a standard operating procedure for Microsoft). But something is odd, if not rotten, in the state of Netcraft.

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Created by mercr 14 years 40 weeks ago
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Microsoft revises anti-Linux campaign with new site

http://www.linuxworld.com

Microsoft has replaced its controversial anti-Linux Get the Facts Web site with a kinder, gentler site explaining how its Windows Server operating system compares to open-source Linux as well as other competitive OSes

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Created by leo 14 years 40 weeks ago
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Windows Server >> Linux Server says... Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com

Making server decisions? This site shows head-to-head comparisons of Microsoft's server OS vs. Red Hat's server OS. The old "We're way better than everyone else, and here's why" approach. Interesting, yes. Accurate? ...

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Created by underthelinux 14 years 40 weeks ago
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Software bonhomie: Microsoft products to operate better on Unix, Linux

http://www.livemint.com

HDFC Ltd, which already uses Microsoft software for its server systems, have already started exploring areas to develop more open source, Linux-based applications

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Created by greengrass 14 years 40 weeks ago
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25 Most Active Open Source Projects at Microsoft's CodePlex

http://www.eweek.com

With a bid underway to obtain the blessing of the Open Source Initiative for two of its software licenses, Microsoft is working to burnish its open source credentials.

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Created by bluecheese 14 years 40 weeks ago
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Microsoft’s Open Source Gameplan

http://www.krishworld.com

Remember my earler post where I asked people like Tim O’ Reilly to be careful not to play into Microsoft’s gameplan? Glyn Moody of Linux Journal points out exactly what Microsoft might be having in mind in their open source gameplan.

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