An invade, divide, and conquer Grand Plan
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. Learn more
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. Learn more
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. Learn more
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. Learn more
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. Learn more
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy. Learn more
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Challenger2 said,
May 14, 2008 at 12:53 pm
JavaFX as ….
be made freely available as open source, and it’ll be released via the GPL (v2) license.
COOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL !!!
Whats with SUN loving GPL lately ??
Roy Schestowitz said,
May 14, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Now there’s a new RIA to advocate.