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- Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?
- ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy
- Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- On the future of Open Source thought leadership
- After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- cool.......:)ntAnd why Jason would anyone in their right mind want to do this?ntFor the same reasons...You'd do it in VMWare. The difference is that this solution is free. You want live migration or anything else VMWare does you'll have to pay for it. Hyper-V is an excellent hypervisor.Would you run...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority
- The CentOS developers were ready to burn the place down if their AWOL project founder didn't show up and resolve several outstanding issues that put the popular Open Source project and Linux distribution at risk. For those of us in the "Inside Baseball'...
- Blog posts 2009-08-02
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?
- Microsoft's decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware's bare-metal virtualization platform. The release of the three device drivers...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license
- Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform licenseAs it should be...You need to pay to play with these fine products. If a company is so short-sighted that they let their APA run out, they deserve to be stripped of all products covered under said APA. Microsoft is slaving...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employee
- GOOG beats MSFT and all other tech firms in profit per employeeProfit is easy.When all you have to do is print more money.Google and MicrosoftMaybe it just takes more people to do what Microsoft does then Google? Microsoft actually make things, Google just sell ads and fool around with some...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
- Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fight
- Show me how you beat Microsoft in patent fightDid ya see thishttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/bridge.microsoft/index.htmlI was told in another blog that the patent is long filenames in FAT. If that is the case then we need to sue the US Patent office for giving out false patents. If they can patent...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- TomTom surrenders to Microsoft in patent fight
- TomTom surrenders to Microsoft in patent fightIs that true?"TomTom claims its actions are in compliance with GPLv2."Its not what they said a month ago. were they liars then and honest now?MS living off the FATIt won't last forever.It sounds quite obviousTomTom was indeed infringing on Microsoft's patents, and the fact...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- TomTom surrenders to Microsoft in patent fight
- With TomTom unwilling to go beyond what is in Microsoft's press release, it seems pretty clear the company has surrendered to the company's patent demands. A TomTom spokesman confirmed to me just now that TomTom will not post a release on the settlement to its own Web...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Microsoft/TomTom settle patent infringement case
- Microsoft/TomTom settle patent infringement caseYeah, sure... they were the losers here? NoTomTom is forced to pay Microsoft for the 8 patents.Microsoft pays nothingTomTom will remove from its products the functionality related to two file management system patents (the ?FAT LFN patents?), which enables efficient naming, organizing, storing and accessing of...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- TomTom pays Microsoft and settles patent-infringement dispute
- TomTom pays Microsoft and settles patent-infringement disputeRE: TomTom pays Microsoft and settles patent-infringement disputeAnd the winner is Microsoft just like we all predicted. I still won't be buying any TomTom products due to their actions. Obviously there is something to the Microsoft patents and the linux vendors who did the...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- TomTom, Microsoft settle: Who caved?
- TomTom, Microsoft settle: Who caved?It almost seems like TomTom was expecting this... as fast as they reacted.. seems like they had a contingency plan. I imagine they also wanted to ensure their stock didnt crumble.Its interesting how fast MS agreed though. Maybe it wasnt that big of a...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- TomTom, Microsoft settle: Who caved?
- Microsoft and TomTom said Monday that they have settled their respective patent infringement suits, which raised patent issues with everything from file system patents to the General Public License for open source software. Once you read the press release the next natural question is: Who caved? ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- What does Europe have against GPLv3?
- My recent story on EUPL, the European Union Public License, drew some interesting reaction and this follow up question. What does Europe have against GPLv3? Roberto Galoppini, who first drew my attention to the issue, drew a response to his post from Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz...
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Europe gets its own GPL
- Europe now has its own version of the GPL. It's got copyleft, but it lacks the extra language found in GPLv3 meant to enforce that concept. The European Union Public License is an effort by EU government services to codify a Euro-centric view of copyleft,...
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?
- Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?What did MS do wrong?They are not bound by the GPL. They are free to license their technology to anyone they want, under terms agreeable to both. (I assume there might be some Federal restrictions there, but I don't think we crossed that...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-07
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case
- Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseWhat will happen next?Lawyers will make lots of money. Society will not benefit.RE: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseMy TomTom 730 is a dream GPS unit. Glad I read about this Microsoft case. I would have never purchased a...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
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