Guadamuz has done some digging and discovered that an influential lobby group is asking the US government to basically consider open source as the equivalent of piracy - or even worse.
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When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
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A small win..
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Millions of European Internet Explorer (IE) users will have the option to choose an alternative browser from 1 March, Microsoft has announced.
It follows a legal agreement between Microsoft and Europe's Competition Commission in December 2009.
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Ubuntu GNU/Linux 10.04 Search Page Links to Microsoft Datacentres
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As the new screenshots show, Ubuntu's change of a search provider is now finalised
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Attacking GNU/Linux Using “Donations”
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Microsoft - like Bill Gates - is giving presents with no physical value in order to suppress and reduce competition in different areas
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FSF Smears
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Mac blogger Ronald Carlson and IDG write about the FSF and the former (at the least) associates the messenger rather than the message with controversial neighbourhood
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Shuttleworth: “If Windows API Becomes the Default on Linux Then What is the Point of Linux?”
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Mr. Shuttleworth is a very clever guy. So why does he keep the Windows API (Mono) inside Ubuntu GNU/Linux?
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Sold out: Microsoft's Linux business is booming
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The SD Times reports that Microsoft has sold nearly all of its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) support coupons.
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Microsoft to drop Linux, Unix versions of enterprise search
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Microsoft will no longer offer Linux or Unix versions of its enterprise search products after a wave of releases set to ship in the first half of this year, the company announced in an official blog post Thursday.
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Microsoft Whitewashes Criminal History in the Press and Attacks the GPL Using Allies
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New heights for Microsoft's spin and lies; the latest wave of GPL smears arrives from friends of Microsoft and former employees
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What Microsoft’s Attack on GNU/Linux at HP Teaches Us
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Further analysis of the revelation that Microsoft does not permit any competition to even exist
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Bill Gates Hides Behind GNU/Linux in New Web Sites
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Not just Microsoft Web sites but the PR sites and the investment site of Bill Gates also rely on Akamai, which runs GNU/Linux
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Why Ubuntu GNU/Linux Should Not Make Microsoft Even Stronger
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Former Microsoft employee announces that Canonical will send Ubuntu users to Microsoft's datacentres and herein we explain why it's a big mistake that will alienate users
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Microsoft Signs Deal with Acacia and Builds More Patent Walls Against Linux
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An accumulation of new information about Microsoft's i4i fallout and use of software patents against its most potent competition, GNU/Linux
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Denmark ditches Microsoft and goes with ODF
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The Danish Parliament has agreed to ditch some Microsoft-based software in favour of the ODF standard from April next year. The decision to axe Microsoft’s Office document formats won cross-party support.
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Inaccurate Reports About Free Software
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Highlighting of factual mistakes in the news and how they may affect perception of Free(dom) software
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