06.23.09
IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: June 23rd, 2009
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Courier is Vapourware
Lacking any progress for Windows or Microsoft in general, the company seems to be disclosing some more fake "leaks" of something that does not exist
Links 15/3/2010: CrossOver Linux, Tim Bray Joins Google
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Huffington Post, Technologizer, and Other Web Sites in Bill's Pocket
The Gates Foundation still gets around, throwing money at all the right places for PR purposes while it's making profit from patents and global influence
SXSW Used by Microsoft as Platform to Hypocritically Slam Google
Privacy offender criticises another in a public event, proving that FUD is still a strategic focus at Microsoft
Groklaw: Microsoft “Wants to Do More Novell-style Patent Deals”
Reactions to Microsoft's attempt to devour Free/open source software with Windows and software patents; Apache given as example of projects at risk
Apple's and Microsoft's Patent Attacks and Why the Linux Foundation's Response Disappoints
A great number of new articles about the effects of Apple, Microsoft, and Intellectual Ventures (funded by Apple, Microsoft, and Bill Gates) on Free software
Microsoft Should be “Sued for Breach of Contract” in Vista 7
Microsoft covers up invasion of privacy, claims one of our regular members
IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 14th, 2010
IRC Log for March 14th, 2010
Michael Gartenberg's AstroTurfing for Microsoft Takes 'Entelligence' Tag
A Microsoft mole gets into Engadget and attacks Linux from over there
Apple Makes Toys, GNU/Linux Still Ahead of It
News about Apple's primitive products (from a technical perspective) trying to catch up with their Linux-powered counterparts
More EMC-VMware Snuggling (and Why Microsoft Executives Were Put in Charge)
VMware's latest step sheds clues on the past, including the demotion/sacking of Greene
Internet Mayhem With Microsoft Windows Botnets
News reports about security, mostly from IDG and almost exclusively about Microsoft and Windows
Negative Pricing at Microsoft
Microsoft goes as far as paying companies just to avoid buying from the competition and choose Microsoft lock-in instead
Canada Sets Precedence in Class-action Lawsuit Over Microsoft Abuses; Gates Still Uses Money for Influence
Canadians demand compensation after Microsoft illegally removed competition, but those Canadians may not know just how deep Bill Gates is inside their government
The Microsoft Elephant in the Open Source Room
Assorted new reports about how Microsoft abuses "open source" to gain control of it, change its direction and goals, or even to misuse the label to promote proprietary software that harms standards and promotes patenting of software
Links 14/3/2010: A Lot More Android in Devices, Dell Tablets
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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 13th, 2010
IRC Log for March 13th, 2010
Links 13/3/2010: AMD Comes to Sub-notebooks, Tiny and Big (Game) for GNU/Linux
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Novell News Summary - Part III: Pulse With Google, Finance, Virtualisation and More
Novell's proprietary business assets and what they have been up to in the past week
Novell News Summary - Part II: SUSE in Hush Mode, Lindows Called “Worst Product Ever”, Samsung's Bada Revisited
News and coverage concerning the distributions which joined Microsoft's patent racket against GNU/Linux
Novell News Summary - Part I: OpenSUSE Build Service 1.7.2, live.opensuse.org, and OpenSUSE on TV
Business as usual for the OpenSUSE community and the developers, who also announce new milestones
Patents Roundup: Acacia, i4i, Tuxera, Monsanto, Apple, and Microsoft
Overview of news about software patents and slightly beyond that
Latest SCO-Novell Drama in a Nutshell
How SCO orchestrated attacks on Groklaw and other takes on the trial against Novell
Vulture Fund Rumoured to be Planning to Break Novell Apart, Vultures Deny the Claim
Disagreement between the press and the hostile acquirer as to whether or not Novell would stay in tact
AstroTurfing for Vista 7 Still Alive
Andre Da Costa is still trolling the competition of Vista 7 while promoting this incarnation of Vista in exchange for gifts from Microsoft
Links 13/3/2010: Fedora 13 Benchmarked; OpenGL 3.3, OpenGL 4.0
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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 12th, 2010
IRC Log for March 12th, 2010
Microsoft's Latest Harms to the Web and Shallow Press Coverage That Neglects to Name Culprits
Coverage about security issues is abundant, but the cause of many of these issues is simply not named
Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza Leaves CodePlex Foundation Board
Creator of land mines for the Free desktop ends his time at Microsoft's group and returns to more risky activity
Microsoft Pays for Linux Phones to Redirect Users to Microsoft
Microsoft spends a lot of money ensuring that it becomes the only gateway to misinformation to more people, even users of Linux
