Groups in Europe fight over the definitions of "open source" and "open standards"; meanwhile, "Free/libre software" is being left out of this conversation
Read more »European Commission Still Lobbied by Microsoft, OASIS Does Not Support Software Freedom
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SUSE MeeGo is About Mono and OpenSUSE Makes Microsoft-taxed GNU/Linux
A critical look at SUSE's affair with MeeGo and the relationship between OpenSUSE and SLE*
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MS’s Attack on Software Freedom With Software Patents
New analysis of patents relating to software, assorted items from the news, and interpretation of those items
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Has Windows 7 killed Linux on the desktop?
People don't just like Windows 7, it's the anti-Vista: loved for as many often spurious reasons as Vista was hated. But has Window 7 seen off any threat from open source operating systems? In other words, has Windows 7 killed Linux on the desktop?
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Microsoft Buys Speech Placements in Another Open Source Conference (MOSC, Malaysia)
Microsoft still uses the language of money to "infiltrate" events of the very same entity it's competing against and suing
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What does Microsoft think of open source?
It's easy to forget that Microsoft is a software company. Given our near ubiquitous exposure to the Windows operating system (OS), many people don't think of an OS as software in quite the same way as an application - or "app" as it is increasingly becoming known. Of course Microsoft is a software company. What does Microsoft think of open source?
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Microsoft Cites Success of Novell Linux Interop Deal
Microsoft touted its operating system interoperability partnership with Novell on Monday, saying that more than 500 customers have signed up since the program began more than three years ago.
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Faking Freedom
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) needs to rethink its methods; Groklaw asks the OSI, "have you pruned out the Microsoft toadies/partners yet?"
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The History of ‘Paul Murphy’ Defaming Linux
A look back (8 years ago) at what "Paul Murphy" was doing to GNU/Linux, leading to the thread "Rudy de Haas' Defamation"
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Framework for Legalising Software Patents in Europe Falls Over, So Why Does Canonical Join the OIN?
Canonical, the EU-based company which produces the "Ubuntu" GNU/Linux distribution, joins the Open Invention Network just as the "EU patent" seemingly collapses
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Microsoft Advertises Patent Scare in GNU/Linux, Using Novell
Microsoft issued and spread another wave of propaganda yesterday, calling for more companies to sign patent deals like Novell's
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Microsoft adds to open source efforts
Microsoft, the company least-likely to be associated with open source software, has made good on earlier promises to contribute to open source projects. The company first started its slow move to acceptance of open source in March and April of 2008 when the company announced a series of interoperability plans.
Read more »Microsoft is Trying to Kill Linux Conferences
News from Europe suggests that Microsoft still uses old tricks to ruin competitors' conferences and take away European sovereignty
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Best Explanation So Far of the Anti-Richard Stallman Trolling
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Patent Aggression Against Linux: Microsoft, Apple, and Nobody Else
A look at some of the latest patent news and an explanation of why Microsoft and Apple (and Microsoft's patent trolls) are by far the biggest problem
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