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- EU extends deadline for review of Oracle-Sun deal
- This is not a problem, just give EC their billions and they'll shut up...It's all about the money...My sentiments exactlyMy sentiments exactly. The EU needs to be relevant. The best way is to be a money machine. The EU has excelled in this role.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision
- If its MYsql the problem make a foundation out of it IF everybody is so worry about MYsql quick turn this into a foundation big time and sell support.Give away the code , give a version of mysql to a competition on EU to shut them...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defense
- International Socialism......This is pathetic work by the EC. They can't develop their own tech so they just go out and skim off everyone's balance sheets. How pathetic. Losers. Same thing with OracleI really can't say I'm a big fan of Oracale, but my guess is that...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Intel to use EC slip-up in antitrust defense
- Intel plans to use a finding of the European Ombudsman in its appeal against a European Commission antitrust fine. Intel told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that it is likely to use the Ombudsman's finding that the Commission failed to adequately record meetings as part of its defence against the...
- News items 2009-11-18
- IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory
- IBM should thank M$for activating its agents in the EC and stalling the Oracle-Sun deal.MySQL/MariaDB may be where most of the data residesYes, Oracle and DB2 have a significant market share of large DB installations, but most of the data in the world isn't aggregated by a few large companies,...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?
- Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Open source be not proud
- microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?
- The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- News to know: Exchange 2010; Google; Oracle and EC; CIO priorities; Smartphone buyer guide
- Handicapping Exchange 2010; Google buys AdMob and CIO priorities under the microscope lead today's news. by Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Oracle: EC has 'profound misunderstanding' of database market
- Seems to me the EC is interested in protecting Open Source......and not choice.The flipside of that argument I presume is thatOracle does not need to acquire MySQL and hence the EC's concerns might be met. How about it Oracle. Sell it or set it free, completely. Put your money where...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Oracle: EC has 'profound misunderstanding' of database market; DOJ seems to agree
- Oracle says today that European regulators have a "profound misunderstanding" of the technologies behind Oracle's acquisition of Sun and that there is no evidence of anti-competitive behavior to hold up the acquisition. by Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
- Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- What would make you trust Microsoft?
- Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future
- The co-founders of mySQL have profound disagreements on the future of the open source database following Oracle's takeover. Monty Widenius wants mySQL sold, not given to Oracle, telling reporters his Monty AB encouraged the investigation that has held up the Oracle-Sun deal. Meanwhile Marten...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?
- CRT's should be banned from saleThere is no reason for anyone to still be using a CRT today, save for some VERY high end photography and movie applications that the studios use.RE: UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?I think the idea of Zero waste is absolute bollocks - esp....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- How would you fix the browser ballot for European Windows users?
- Kill off Opera, or MS should pull out of Europe cause they can afford toMicrosoft should shut down all offices in the EU, pull out of the market entirely, and tell the EU to bugger off.Perhaps the commission will realize they were wrong.Seriously, over a browser, and the order of...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- How would you fix the browser ballot for European Windows users?
- It seems that Mozilla isn't happy with the ballot screen that Microsoft proposed to the European Commission EC as a way to ensure more browser choice on Windows PCs. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Fender special edition T-Mobile myTouch 3G brings Strat love to smartphones
- So what you are saying basicallyis that we don't have to choose from only one style with only black and white as our color choices? I don't know, that might confuse people, all those choices.Rest assured that the EC will mandate a ballot screen..if they are to be sold within...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Microsoft makes changes to browser ballot screen; user testing to commence
- Microsoft is making changes to the ballot screen that it proposed to the European Commission EC as a way to ensure more browser choice on Windows PCs. Here's what the new ballot screen that Microsoft plans to test among European users of XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines looks like....
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- HTC Touch2 (unlocked)
- Photo gallery:HTC Touch2On September 1, Microsoft announced that the first batch of smartphones running its updated mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, would start shipping on October 6. The next day, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC wasted no time in announcing one of its first Windows Mobile 6.5 offerings, the HTC...
- Product reviews 2009-10-06
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