Tag Archives: FUD

iPhone FUD

So here we go.Now the MS Exchange team has weighed in with their own iFUD piece disguised as an article on IMAP and it’s so called lack of security features. This one is almost “Enderlesque”. Someone needs to educate these … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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Show us the Code

Well, it’s about time! Show Us the Code. Don’t hold your breath though. The Microsoft sponsored SCO FUD lawsuit never got to showing people the code. Fat chance that they will respond. After all, as long as the FUD threat … Continue reading

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