On October 14, 2009, The SCO Group, Inc., ("SCO", "us", "we"or the "Company") announced that the Company has eliminated the Chief Executive Officer and President positions and consequently terminated Darl McBride.
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Darl McBride Out; SCO Looking to Sell "Non-Core Assets"
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The Final OOXML Update: Part II
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In Part I of this OOXML update, my first post on the topic in over a year, I showed you how Microsoft maintains strong control over the OOXML standard.
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Final Bilski Briefs Filed - Microsoft, Google, FFII, ABA, etc.
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More intriguing Bilski briefs filed. The door is shut now, so there will be no more, I gather. Both the ABA and Patently O have them all listed, and the latter includes a helpful brief blurb giving an outline of the theme of each. So read them all if you wish.
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Still no source code for the European Palm Pre
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According to Harald Welte, co-founder of the GPL Violations Project, Palm looks to be repeating the trick with the European version of the device.
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Mono’s #1 Problem is Not Software Patents
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Clarification regarding common misconceptions when it comes to Mono drawbacks
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Why Aren't Mozilla and Opera Vocal About Microsoft's EU Settlement Offer?
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Opponents of that proposal, including Mozilla and Opera, have criticized the fact that the ballot screen is found within Internet Explorer, which is still bundled with Windows, and the fact that any alternative browser must be downloaded, which many users will be too lazy to do. So why are Mozilla and Opera being so reticent in the wake of the European announcement?
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Open Core: The worst of both worlds
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However, I think that most them are missing the elephant in the room: Open core is not sustainable in the long term because it represents the worst of both worlds. Open core tries to find a middle ground between proprietary software and free software, but it reaps the benefits of neither and inherits the problems of both.
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The FFII and Red Hat’s CEO Express Dissatisfaction with United States Patent System
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More new calls for the elimination of software patents in the USPTO
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Bad News - The Pirate Bay may be banned in Italy
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"An appeal won on 24 September 2008 against the decision of the Italian court enforced on 10 August 2008 ordering the seizure of The Pirate Bay (TPB) in Italy, has been reversed by the Italian Court of Cassation..."
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Netgear router not open source, says coder
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Networking company Netgear has been accused of breaking open-source licensing conditions, by shipping a Linux-based router without source code.
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The Final OOXML Update: Part I
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I have received several requests for an update on OOXML, so I will oblige with some quick observations in what (I hope) is my final update on this sad chapter in standardization.
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FSFE Wants the European Commission to Stop Microsoft’s Racketeering
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The FSFE advises the Commission to put an end to Microsoft FUD using unnamed software patents; Eolas sues massively
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The pending US Supreme Court decision regarding In re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. Kappos, in principle about patents on business methods and software, has lead to briefs being filed by numerous companies and associations.
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Copyright Control
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Copyright law is "interesting" to say the least — and incredibly contentious. For some, it is an evil that stifles progress. For others, it is all that stands between them and bankruptcy. As with anything, the nature of copyright is not black and white — there are not just shades of gray, but a whole rainbow of copyright colors.
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FSF Files Amicus Brief in Bilski - The Country Needs and Relies on FOSS
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FSF has now filed an amicus brief in Bilski, and they too ask the Supreme Court "to affirm that software ideas are not patentable":End Software Patents (ESP) executive director Ciaran O'Riordan explained, "Every software patent is a restriction on software developers and users of computers, and there are currently 200,000 software patents in the USA.
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