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Microsoft Signs Open-Source Deal
"As Samba is not commercial and could not be forced out of the marketplace it was still standing and<sep/>
Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FOSS, or FLOSS)? Look at the Numbers!
This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using open source software / free software (abbreviated as OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS) is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their proprietary competition according to various measures. T
Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FOSS, or FLOSS)? Look at the Numbers!
This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using open source software / free software (abbreviated as OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS) is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their proprietary competition according to various measures. T
Microsoft, welcome to the UNIX accessibility neighborhood!
Seems Microsoft wants to join in with the accessibility work at Gnome that Sun originally led, using Novell as a proxy so that nasty GPL code doesn't sully them. Good to have them along, and way overdue.
Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents
Microsoft claims that Linux violates 235 of its patents. Really? And it wants Linux developers and users to pay royalties. Really now.
Port 25
I got the chance to meet many extremely smart developers last month at SambaXP, the annual Samba developer conference. After attending I’m convinced that the Samba team knows more about how Windows networking works than most Microsoft developers...
Microsoft's New Mantra: Choice Is Good
Glynn is spot on here. Having failed to win by killing all the others, the new plan is to win by leveraging the monopoly.
Groklaw - Moglen: SUSE Vouchers Have No Expiration Date! (Unlike MS's Patent Bullying)
If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or arrangement, you convey, or propagate by procuring conveyance of, a covered work, and grant a patent license providing freedom to use, propagate, modify or convey a specific copy of the covered
Groklaw - Moglen: SUSE Vouchers Have No Expiration Date! (Unlike MS's Patent Bullying)
If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or arrangement, you convey, or propagate by procuring conveyance of, a covered work, and grant a patent license providing freedom to use, propagate, modify or convey a specific copy of the covered
Microsoft Wants FOSS Users to Pay Royalties
A CNN report tells of Microsoft wanting royalties from distributors and users of free software like Linux. Microsoft claims that free software violated 235 of its patents.
Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Fortune's Roger Parloff reports.
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