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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 29th, 2009
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Novell Hires More Mono People (Despite Sacking SUSE Developers) and Microsoft Buys an OSBC Spot/Seat
Novell and Microsoft continue to fund development with the desired bias of using Microsoft APIs; Microsoft pays for its share of OSBC (again) and gets to set the tone with a keynote speech
Patents Roundup: Europe, ACTA, Aldi Attacked by the MPEG Cartel, and More
Europe's policy on software patents and the ACTA factor; the MPEG patent pool turns out to be not much of a sleeping giant but an awake one; patents relating to cancer genes continue to needlessly cost lives
Linux is Not Against Software Patents (and Why Linus Torvalds Should Speak Up)
An inconvenient truth about the Linux Foundation is brought up again now that Linux is attacked with software patents that are named
Microsoft Sued by VirnetX (Again) and Kodak Alleges That Microsoft's Patent Troll Bullies Companies Along With Ray Niro
Intellectual Ventures is said to be attacking companies using its proxies and Microsoft suffers the wrath of the very practice it advocated with investments (patent trolling)
Democracy is Not the Same as Freedom
People have lost track of real mistakes that Canonical is making and instead they focus on buttons and themes
Amazon and Dell: Friends or Foes of GNU/Linux?
What Amazon does not want to tell us about software patents in its recent deal with Microsoft; more reasons to suspect that Dell pays Microsoft for Ubuntu GNU/Linux
Unsolicited Mail from Microsoft Canada Wants Developers to Create/Increase Government's Windows Lock-in
Microsoft wants volunteers to help their countries become hostages of Redmond
Elinor Mills Finally Calls Out Windows
CNET's (CBS) Elinor Mills, who improved her coverage by naming Microsoft and Windows as part of the problem, deserves some credit
Links 18/3/2010: Steam and Linux; Red Hat's CEO Talks
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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 18th, 2010
IRC Log for March 18th, 2010
Former Microsoft Employees and Boosters Call Microsoft MVP Miguel de Icaza and Other Microsoft Apologists “Most Powerful Voices” in Open Source
Microsoft folks have decided on 'our behalf' who is important to Open Source and who is not
Magalhães + Microsoft = Corruption
Microsoft accused of blocking GNU/Linux and more leaks about this scandal are high in demand
Open Irony: Microsoft Creates/Sponsors OpenMainframe.org to Attack GNU/Linux
War is peace and Microsoft is the new "open"; Details on the latest attack of Microsoft against GNU/Linux, using proxies
Microsoft Brings MPEG-LA-LA Land to the Web and Threatens GNU/Linux With Software Patent Lawsuits
Microsoft is trying to sneak patents-encumbered MPEG formats into the Web using Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9); Microsoft threatens (again) to go after Linux legally
IMAX -- Not Just Apple -- Attacks Free Software With Software Patents
Another legal attack against Free software comes in the form of a threat (issued against Sandy3D) and Apple's reason for suing Android seems like gradual iPhone defeat (Linux is winning)
Links 18/3/2010: Many IBM Headlines, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.1
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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 17th, 2010
IRC Log for March 17th, 2010
Microsoft -- Like Gates Foundation -- Still Uses Own 'Studies' for PR and Lobbying Purposes
Some of Microsoft's latest 'studies' (from the past week) are looked upon more closely for their true purpose to be understood
Microsoft Entryism Roundup: COPsync, Level 3, and Yahoo!
COPsync hires from Microsoft, Level 3 dumps Microsoft's proprietary software to stave off Free software, and Yahoo! keeps falling apart
Internet Explorer 9 Seems Less Secure Than Predecessors; Microsoft Plays the Vapourware Game Against Rival Web Browsers
Internet Explorer 9 removes security features and lies about its standards compliance using improper benchmarks
More Evidence of Potential Microsoft Involvement in Apple-HTC Lawsuit Against Linux/Android (and Microsoft Loses to Virnetx)
Microsoft's top "IP" bullies commend Apple's legal action and Microsoft owes VirnetX $105.75 million for patent violation
Novell Wants to Bring Microsoft, Moonlight, and Mono to Linux Phones (Android)
Microsoft's patent-encumbered 'gifts' to GNU/Linux are being pushed into devices with Novell's help
Patents (on Life) Roundup: Human Tissue and Crops Monopolised
New reminders of the dangers of an excessively broad patent law
Links 17/3/2010: KDE 4.5 Proposals, Benchmark of Distros in Development
Links for the day
LCA 2010 Conference - Glyn Moody Keynote
Just a video
Gates Roundup: Monsanto, Colonisation, Clinton Ties, and Control of Education
Rich uncle Bill, who is said to be giving away his massive wealth, has somehow made $13 billion over the past year
Does Microsoft Tinker With the Search Bar in Firefox?
A reader alleges that Microsoft is playing dirty on Windows in order to suppress the use of Google (assuming AVG agreed to reroute traffic to Microsoft via Yahoo!)
IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 16th, 2010
IRC Log for March 16th, 2010
Quebec Authorities Should be Sued Again for Microsoft Corruption; BECTA Should Too
Quebec's government is up to no good again (bidless procurement suspected); the time is right to challenge BECTA legally, just like in Quebec
ACTA Booster Luc Pierre Devigne Redefines Open Standards (With Software Patents Included)
The European Commission turns its back on open standards that anyone can accept; ACTA and the Digital Economy Bill show a legal land grab by corporations
eet said,
July 31, 2009 at 7:27 am
Roy, Roy… If you have so much ‘information’ against “dangerous lunatic” David Schlesinger I am sure you are looking forward to your trial…
I’ on the other hand, believe that you are whistling in the dark because you are currently s******g your pants for fear of contact with this extremely ugly side of the ‘real world’ (TM) that we call ‘law’.
zatoichi said,
July 31, 2009 at 9:03 am
Roy wants to be careful from whom he takes information, I think. He’s admitted to libeling me on this site already, so the “dangerous lunatic” stuff is getting kind of edgy as well.
Perhaps you have some substantiation of those claims, Roy? I’d check where that information’s coming from before you get _too_ excited over it…
zatoichi said,
July 31, 2009 at 9:08 am
Oh, and by the way, “the Beez”’s reading comprehension skills seem to be as lacking as anyone’s here.
Yeah, she did. See the comment here, which is the one I quoted and which neither “the Beez” nor Roy were able to find.
If you look at the entire entry—something that’s generally a good practice before you begin making pronouncements about it—Chani complains a good bit about Stallman’s joke.