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Microsoft and free software? I don't think so...

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

Microsoft turn to free software? That’ll be the day. Some have suggested that Microsoft might embrace free software and thus resolve the present conflict. That actually would be a terrific strategy for them, but I don’t think that Microsoft is smart enough to do it.

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The Tragedy of the Anti-Commons (or Why Government FLOSS Purchasing Policy is Misapplied)

http://brendanscott.wordpress.com

Misapplication of “value for money” requirements when purchasing software results in poor value for money - Government purchasing policies for software tend to support the creation of monopolies.

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New lines of contention: Information Commons vs. New Enclosures

http://p2pfoundation.net

"...It is this intensive effort at the private appropriation of knowledge that has created different movements of resistance. The free software movement, the movements of farmers against biopiracy in seeds and animal and vegetal types, where Western corporations are privatizing the fruits of thousands of year of communal cooperation; the movement of patients and developmental organizations for access to reasonably priced medicines and medical knowledge; the movement for free access to scientific publications, are all related reactions to these New Enclosures.

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EU's gain is U.S. loss in influence on antitrust

http://www.reuters.com

The European Union's antitrust agency is becoming more influential just as its U.S. counterparts have grown more cautious and inactive, experts say.

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A free market for free software

http://news.zdnet.co.uk

It is one thing to recognise a problem, quite another to fix it. Although the Globalisation Institute is quite correct in saying that Microsoft's effective monopoly of the desktop is unfair to competitors and holds back the market, its proposed solution is no solution at all.

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Microsoft ordered to hand over Windows secrets after losing appeal over record 'monopoly' fine

http://www.dailymail.co.uk

...Microsoft must disclose its secret computer codes to enable rival companies' gadgets such as media players to work seamlessly with Windows personal computers when downloading songs and videos.

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Does Microsoft matter any more?

http://www.channel4.com

As Europe bashes 'market abusing' Microsoft, our technology correspondent says it's Google and Apple they should be looking at.

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Rivals say Microsoft has not changed its ways

http://biz.yahoo.com

Next week's European antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) is a legacy of its past behavior, but competitors say the company's current strategy is a sign of history repeating itself.

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States lodge claim against that MS still a monopoly(PDF)

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com

Plaintiff States California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia (“California Group”)1 respectfully submit this Report on Remedial Effectiveness.

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Microsoft Still a Monopoly, 7 State Attorneys Say

http://www.channelinsider.com

Seven state attorneys say key provisions of the final antitrust judgment have had little impact on competition with Microsoft.

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Open-source vendors: Monopolies waiting to happen?

http://news.com.com

JBoss developer Roy Russo wonders if all open-source companies are de facto monopolistic. Like many others that I respect (Dave Rosenberg, Lonn Johnston, President Bush, Oscar the Grouch), Russo says any market ultimately has room for only one purveyor of free software.

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