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One billion Windows users can be wrong

http://www.daniweb.com

The first interesting missive to arrive in my inbox came courtesy of the words of Microsoft COO, Kevin Turner, speaking at the July 26th Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2007.

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Hungary Officials Raid Microsoft Office

http://www.forbes.com

Hungary's state Competition Authority raided the offices of Microsoft Corp.'s local subsidiary as part of a probe into the company's relationship with large software distributors. Microsoft used sales conditions and offered software distributors incentives - described as "loyalty discounts" - so they wouldn't offer clients anything but Microsoft Office products.

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Windows Vista unreadiness revealed

http://www.theregister.co.uk

Microsoft has finally outlined the extent to which Windows Vista was unfit for the marketplace when it launched six months ago.

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US government snoops used Vista to spy on me

http://www.theinquirer.net

Article withdrawn!!! Does anyone have anymore info?

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Freespire, Linspire, and Microsoft patents

http://www.desktoplinux.com

On July 5, Microsoft quietly released a "Covenant to Customers" to clear up how it is handling its patent deal with Linux distributor Linspire. Instead, it did little but puzzle and annoy members of the Linux community.

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What's the Story Behind Apache?

http://www.linuxjournal.com

Most people in the free software world know two things about Apache. The first is that its name derives from the fact that it was a “a patchy server”, built out of patches to the earlier NCSA HTTPd Web server. The other is that in terms of market share, Apache knocks Microsoft's IIS into a cocked hat. Unfortunately, neither of these statements is true.

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Microsoft Windows patent will spy for advertisers

http://www.theregister.co.uk

If you thought adverts on the web have become more offensive and more intrusive than ever before, then it might be time to find alternatives to using software from Microsoft.

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Microsoft rigs Live Search traffic

http://www.theregister.co.uk

Microsoft has successfully rigged its search traffic. The company recently introduced several online games than shamelessly bribe people to query its moribund Live Search Engine, and according to web research firm comScore, these games gave the engine a significant traffic boost last month.

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The pen is mightier than the FUD

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"For those who have tried and failed to follow the train of thought in the article, it goes a bit like this: Richard Stallman personally cares little for material wealth, so RMS's main objective must be to strip other people of their wealth as well, or to prevent other people of ever becoming wealthy.

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Linux Expert: Microsoft Is Throwing Money Away

http://rcpmag.com

"Redmond would have to "sue its customers" to pursue its contention that Linux infringes on Microsoft's patents -- an unlikely scenario."

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AA dumps Open Office, buys Microsoft for ‘compatibility’

http://computerworld.co.nz

Microsoft Office is not cheaper, but it is almost impossible to work out the actual cost of open-source, says CIO

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Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess

http://www.informationweek.com

Remember the 1980s worries about how the "forking" of Unix could hurt that operating system's chances for adoption? That was nothing compared to the mess we've got today with Linux, where upwards of 300 distributions vie for the attention of computer users seeking an alternative to Windows.

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Microsoft Will Support ODF If It Doesn't 'Restrict Choice Among Formats'

http://www.betanews.com

n a policy document specifically timed for release this afternoon, Microsoft's general managers for interoperability, Tom Robertson and Jean Paoli, make a play for ownership of the standards issue facing users of competing document formats, by saying the company would support ratification of its own Open XML format along with OpenDocument Format (ODF) as ISO standards, if and only if doing so woul

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EU court to rule on Microsoft on Sept. 17

http://news.com.com

A European court confirmed on Tuesday that it will rule on September 17 on whether software giant Microsoft broke European Union antitrust regulations.

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5 Things Windows Does Better Than Linux (Or Apple!)

http://os-zen.com

Okay, this guy is REALLY stretching... and he does admit he was looking for ten things but couldn't find them. And the five points that he did come out with have been taken apart repeatedly in the comments...

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