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Vengeance is mine
I usually stay away from two topics on this blog – Religion and Politics. That might be the cowardly approach mainly because these are two contentious topics but in my case it is more so that I consider these topics … Continue reading
Ubuntu won’t join the FUD wagon
The blogosphere was abuzz recently with rumors about the next Microsoft Patent FUD collaborator/victim. All eyes were on Ubuntu which has gained immense popularity in the past year as a Linux Distro. Mark Shuttleworth CEO of Canonical slammed the door … Continue reading
LG joins the FUD brigade
Microsoft has now signed up LG for a “Patent Swap” agreement and of course they just HAD to mention that it included use of “patented Microsoft technology” in its products, including Linux-based devices. As in the Novell deal Microsoft ends … Continue reading
Divide and Conquer
And another one has caved. Microsoft has signed a Novell like deal with Xandros. Part of the deal – the usual FUD line of “Patent Protection”. Another opportunity for Ballmer et. al. to go screaming out to the world saying … Continue reading
Memorial Day – A Time to Remember
They sacrifice every day so we may live to be free. No matter what your views are about the current “war” in Iraq, please take some time to remember our fallen soldiers this weekend. In Flanders Fields– John McCrae, May … Continue reading
The FUD is back
OK, who didn’t see this coming? Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith and licensing chief Horacio Gutierrez sat down with Fortune recently to map out their strategy for getting FOSS users to pay royalties. Revealing the precise figure for the first … Continue reading
Just when you think
Just when I think my life is too tough … I saw this on Scoble’s blog and I HAD to link to it. As he said, you will cry when you see this. Renée C. Byer – Pulitzer Prize 2007 … Continue reading
Only WE can have a Monopoly
Keeping with the Hypocrisy theme from the last post…. Microsoft is up in arms about Google’s $3.1 billion acquisition of Double Click. Keep in mind that Microsoft was also vying to buy them. So now they are whining to the … Continue reading
Holier than thou
A month ago when the Apple Wifi flack again rose to the surface Stephen Tolouse in his usual “Holier than Thou” stance made yet another comment and I quote: This is NOT the way a vendor should handle a vuln … Continue reading