07.09.09
IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 2nd, 2009
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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
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SourceForge Learns Not from Windows' Failures and Even Hires from Microsoft
Microsoft's former employees, who encourage Free software developers to forget about GNU/Linux, become key staff in SourceForge/Geeknet
IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 11th, 2010
IRC Log for March 11th, 2010
Vista 7 Unacceptable for Large Businesses and Windows XP Still Not Secure
Intel migrates only about 3% of its workforce to Vista 7; many of the rest use an operation system with a "built-in" vulnerability that compromises designs/trade secrets
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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 10th, 2010
IRC Log for March 10th, 2010
Apple's Legal Attack on GNU/Linux and Mistreatment of Developers Already Costing it Business
Apple upsets some of the very same people who made the company what it is today, including some of the inspirers
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Microsoft plants another flag in W3C, MonoDevelop pushes .NET at Novell or elsewhere, and Vista 7 continues to repel businesses
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