In the wake of the Open Invention Network challenge to Microsoft’s patents related to Linux, the company’s good cop-bad cop routine has gone into overdrive.
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Microsoft Interoperability Crushed by the TomTom Case
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Microsoft slammed for using software patents against interoperability, the OIN responds too late
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Microsoft Wants to Control GNU/Linux, Novell and Xandros Help with This
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A little more on Mono, but mostly news about Microsoft's management of UNIX and Linux
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Spanish Government to Hand Schools Over to Microsoft?
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"Apr 30, 2009. It's not the first time Microsoft has tried to wrestle away market share from free software using shady tactics. Suddenly, Microsoft seems to have discovered that education is strategic for their enterprise and they are pouring resources into cornering the market... at least in areas where GNU/Linux has the lead..."
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Mandriva Sets the Record Straight: No Microsoft Impact
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Mandriva clarifies (again) that it is in no way involved in/a victim of Microsoft's patent racketeering scheme
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Linux Defenders, Red Hat call for prior art to counter Microsoft patents
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There's something about patents that infuriates a certain class of software programmer. I know because I used to be one ...
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Linux group seeks to overturn three Microsoft Patents
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The Open Invention Network (OIN), a Linux advocacy group today said it is publicly seeking invention data that would effectively overturn three Microsoft patents that the software giant has charged are infringed by some implementations of the Linux kernel.
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Open Invention Network seeks prior art to burn FAT patents
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The Open Invention Network has launched a project to find prior art for Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem. The OIN believes that the FAT patents will not hold up to scrutiny and the organization hopes that the Linux community will assist in an effort to have it invalidated.
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Software Freedom Law Center calls for switch to GPLv3
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Bradley Kuhn of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) recommends that projects using GPL version 2 upgrade to the newer GPL version 3. One of the features of GPLv3 is better protection against possible patent threats than its predecessor.
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Official Novell/Microsoft Web Site (MoreInterop) Calls Moonlight “Microsoft Moonlight”
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Why the Future Looks Not Bright for Microsoft
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THURSDAY was a very important day. Glyn Moody called it "A Day to Remember" and not just because of the release of Ubuntu 9.04. As we explained before [1, 2, 3], Microsoft reported a huge drop in earnings which shows, as Moody puts it, that "the Microsoft money machine is faltering." This is not particularly shocking.
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Microsoft v TomTom: a GPLv3 wake-up call
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Microsoft's brawl with TomTom over FAT patents has been seized on by software-freedom advocates as a wake-up call for people to adopt GPLv3.
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Microsoft is settling in Turkey
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in Ankara to announce the opening of Microsoft Innovation Center which is founded in Bilkent University. The most important task of Microsoft Innovation Center in this process will be “Microsoft Government Project”.
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From “Microsoft Religion” to “Mono Religion”
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LAST YEAR we mentioned Microsoft's "Jihad" talk (the term it uses a lot internally, even Bill Gates). The Microsoft ecosystem is said to be working very closely together and some call it "the Microsoft movement" (a term which is usually used in private conversations). Others even call it a/the "Microsoft religion", so the following new post hit a certain nerve.
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The Score: Red Hat Revenue Up 18%, Microsoft Revenue Down, Apple Fires 1,600 Full-time Employees
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GNU/Linux leader remains the only one standing (and thriving) despite a tough economy
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