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	<title>Boycott Novell</title>
	<link>http://boycottnovell.com</link>
	<description>Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Microsoft: Its Party&#8217;s Over</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/20/microsoft-quarterly-results/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/20/microsoft-quarterly-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>Finance</category>

		<category>Deception</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Assortment of financial analyses about Microsoft and its disappointing quarterly report]]></description>
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		<title>ODF More Widely Adopted; Microsoft Wants to Destroy It, Kindly</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/20/opendocument-sap-adobe-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/20/opendocument-sap-adobe-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Formats</category>

		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>Deception</category>

		<category>Standard</category>

		<category>OpenDocument</category>

		<category>Open XML</category>

		<category>Ecma</category>

		<category>ISO</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Further analysis of Microsoft's entrances into ODF territories and stuffing of another panel; SAP and Adobe adopt OpenDocument format]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Sued Over Patents Again, Linus Complains, USPTO Welcomes P2P[atent]</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/20/linus-complains-about-patents/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/20/linus-complains-about-patents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Red Hat</category>

		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>Patents</category>

		<category>FOSS</category>

		<category>Interview</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A set of interesting developments, including the support of the USPTO in sight a Peer Review Pilot]]></description>
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		<title>Links 19/07/2008: More GNU/Linux-based Appliances, KOffice Reaches Alpha 9</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/koffice-reaches-alpha-9/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/koffice-reaches-alpha-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Boycott Novell</category>

		<category>News Roundup</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links for the day]]></description>
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		<title>Do-No-Evil Saturday - Part II: The Non-Free Side of Novell</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/non-free-side-of-novell/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/non-free-side-of-novell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>Novell</category>

		<category>SLES/SLED</category>

		<category>Security</category>

		<category>Virtualization</category>

		<category>Africa</category>

		<category>xandros</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A wide variety of areas and Novell's involvement in them (plus some bits about Xandros)]]></description>
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		<title>Do-No-Evil Saturday - Part I: OpenSUSE Still a Subject of Discussion</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/subject-of-discussion-osuse/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/subject-of-discussion-osuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>Novell</category>

		<category>Opensuse</category>

		<category>SLES/SLED</category>

		<category>Ubuntu</category>

		<category>HP</category>

		<category>Virtualization</category>

		<category>Mandriva</category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/subject-of-discussion-osuse/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another fairly solid week for the OpenSUSE project]]></description>
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		<title>IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 12th-18th, 2008</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/irc-log-12-18072008/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/irc-log-12-18072008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>IRC Logs</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IRC Log for July XXth, 2008]]></description>
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		<title>Links 19/07/2008: Dell Expands GNU/Linux Efforts, Mandriva Preinstalled on GDium</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/mandriva-preinstalled-on-gdium/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/mandriva-preinstalled-on-gdium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>News Roundup</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links for the day]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s OOXML Dirty Tricks Are Back</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/ooxml-election-cookery/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/ooxml-election-cookery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>Deception</category>

		<category>Standard</category>

		<category>Europe</category>

		<category>Open XML</category>

		<category>Ecma</category>

		<category>ISO</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is buying the election and is set to decide on its non-existent proprietary formats next week]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft on AstroTurfing in USENET Newsgroups</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/microsoft-explains-newsgroup-trolls/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/19/microsoft-explains-newsgroup-trolls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>FUD</category>

		<category>Deception</category>

		<category>IBM</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Old documents from Microsoft show just how far it's willing to go to suppress competition]]></description>
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		<title>Links 18/07/2008: GNU/Linux at NASA, Nicaragua</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/linux-at-nasa-nicaragua/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/linux-at-nasa-nicaragua/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>News Roundup</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links for the day]]></description>
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		<title>Patently Absurd: Microsoft, BSA, IDC, Alsup, and Trend Micro</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/patently-absurd-swpats/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/patently-absurd-swpats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Red Hat</category>

		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>Deception</category>

		<category>Patents</category>

		<category>Security</category>

		<category>Europe</category>

		<category>FOSS</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News about software patents and Microsoft's involvement in their 'politics', too]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft: Our Biggest Competitors in SMB Space Are OpenOffice.org, MysQL</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/openoffice-mysql-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/openoffice-mysql-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Formats</category>

		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>Standard</category>

		<category>OpenDocument</category>

		<category>Open XML</category>

		<category>OpenOffice</category>

		<category>Database</category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/openoffice-mysql-threat/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Microsoft job advertisement drops some interesting clues about Microsoft's Achilles heel.]]></description>
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		<title>Links 18/07/2008: Another Disappointing Quarter for Microsoft (MSFT)</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/disappointing-quarter-msft/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/disappointing-quarter-msft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Boycott Novell</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links for the day]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Live Examples of Patent Failure™</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/patent-failure-and-foss/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/patent-failure-and-foss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Red Hat</category>

		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>Mono</category>

		<category>GNOME</category>

		<category>Patents</category>

		<category>SUN</category>

		<category>FOSS</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Firestar Falls
Based on previous and very recent posts about Red Hat, Sun and Firestar [1, 2] (c/f older analysis in [1, 2, 3]), it could be concluded that the main loser was software patents. The world learned that:

Paying for software patents (licensing) may be all in vain
Software patents can be challenged in court and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Coverage of SCO: Latest Summary</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/summary-sco-novell/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/summary-sco-novell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>GNU/Linux</category>

		<category>SCO</category>

		<category>Novell</category>

		<category>UNIX</category>

		<category>Courtroom</category>

		<category>SUN</category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/summary-sco-novell/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Accumulation of commentary and interpretations of the latest decision on Novel/SCO]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/18/summary-sco-novell/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Novell and OpenOffice.org &#8212; Harming, Helping, or Just Exploiting?</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/novell-openoffice-control-freak/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/novell-openoffice-control-freak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>Novell</category>

		<category>Deception</category>

		<category>Office Suites</category>

		<category>OpenDocument</category>

		<category>SUN</category>

		<category>Open XML</category>

		<category>OpenOffice</category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/novell-openoffice-control-freak/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New evidence of Novell's attempt to exploit OpenOffice.org while blaming Sun]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another OOXML “Hidden Agenda”</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/ooxml-hidden-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/ooxml-hidden-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>OpenDocument</category>

		<category>America</category>

		<category>Open XML</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SC34 jumps the gun, assumes OOXML is an ISO standard, and treats only legacy ODF]]></description>
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		<title>Links 17/07/2008: Acer&#8217;s GNU/Linux Laptops Are a Hit; Microsoft in Desktop Market Retreat</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/desktop-market-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/desktop-market-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>News Roundup</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links for the day]]></description>
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		<title>Links 17/07/2008: Torvalds Offends OpenBSD, GIMP 2.5.2 Released</title>
		<link>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/torvalds-offends-openbsd/</link>
		<comments>http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/17/torvalds-offends-openbsd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Schestowitz</dc:creator>
		
		<category>News Roundup</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links for the day]]></description>
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