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Frugal Friday: Groklaw v. Jason Perlow, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Chrome OS in China, BlackBerry Service Termination, Kickfire 3000 Appliance

Gooood morning, Redmond !! ;-)Once again, Mister Perlow :you seem to care about open source.So, could you tell us why you deliberately forget to talk about important news like that :http://macresearch.org/grand-central-now-open-allWhy , Mister perlow ? No enough time and too busy talking about MS products ? LOLRE: Frugal Friday: Groklaw...

Tags: termination, RIM BlackBerry, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Frugal Friday, Chrome OS, Groklaw, Jason Perlow, Chrome, Ubuntu, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Dell joins in on Microsoft's appeal of Word injunction

Dell and HP have chimed into Microsoft's plea to stay injunction of future sales of Word. Microsoft lost a patent battle with Toronto-based i4i, and in August a federal judge banned Microsoft from selling future versions of the software. Here's part of what Dell said HP just signed on,...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., District Court, GrokLaw, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

News to know: HP, Detroit, Obama, Wiki Censorship, Netbooks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: HP further integrates EDS; Rittenmeyer to retire Harry Fuller: Detroit may get some money Sam Diaz: Obama: "It...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Censorship, Hewlett-Packard Co., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Obama, Groklaw, Games, Wiki, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Personal Technology, Online Communications, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-08

Groklaw has a laugh at Psystar's "Public License"

Groklaw has a laugh at Psystar's "Public License"Psysta's "Public License"reminds me of the old saying: "Don't do as I do, do as I say"...RE: Groklaw has a laugh at Psystar'sI tried in vain to explore the legalese for 3rd parties from the link in the article, but nada.I tried so...

Tags: Pamela, Psystar, Groklaw

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Groklaw has a laugh at Psystar's "Public License"

Anyone who's been following the Apple vs. Psystar case needs to take a trip over to Groklaw and watch Psystar's "Public License, version 1.0" being poked fun at. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Trademark, Apple Inc., Groklaw, Psystar, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting

Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting*New* news of *new* shocking meetings...... at http://www.groklaw.net/ Groklaw.LOL...Anyone that uses Groklaw as a source for any kind of information should probably know that Groklaw is the gutter tabloid of the internet.There is absolutely nothing unbiased about that sorry part of the internet.Seriously, someone thought...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OOXML, Details Emerge, Groklaw

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

SCO bankruptcy was celebrated online in 2007

My January piece on SCO's impending bankruptcy finished as the 6th most popular story here all year. It's an indication of user sentiment that while no one wanted to discuss the news, it drew a rating of +15 from readers who recommended it. The actual bankruptcy petition...

Tags: Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc., Bankruptcy, Groklaw, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-15

Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?

Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?Nope,"Does that mean you are the aforementioned Microsoft flunky?"Nope, you have it backwards, Microsoft is my flunky. Truth is I bribed to courts to make software patentable so I could control the entire world. Muwahahahaha, All your Liunx are belong to me...I...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, S/he, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., ACACIA, No_Ax, Dana

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Are sales pitches reality?

Groklaw has unleashed a blogstorm against Novell, based on a sales pitch being used to push clients toward Novell's SUSE Linux and away from Red Hat. (Picture from Repmanblog.) The claim is bogus on its face, and Matt Asay fisks it good. The idea that one Linux...

Tags: Credibility, Novell Inc., Groklaw, Open Source World, Linux, Sales Strategy, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-01

Microsoft and open source: Frost sightings in hell

Microsoft and open source: Frost sightings in hellDoes anyone with a clue trust Microsoft?From Groklaw:http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070730120109643"Release" into the zoo[i]It's all about contribution in community.[/i]There's a world of difference between "releasing" software so that people can do what they want with it and "releasing" software so that they can work for you.Since...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Groklaw, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Gambling on a new Linux license

Gambling on a new Linux license*YAWN*The main benefit of your article is to dispel Merkey's FUD. A casual reading of the articles at Groklaw ( http://www.groklaw.net ) will show even more of his past history. As a person who is quite familiar with the symptoms of brain disorders (not professionally...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Groklaw, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-06-01

Groklaw vs. the cookie jar

Groklaw vs. the cookie jarFunny...but meaningless NT.Groklaw is trash, much like Slashdot NT...Who's Glen Beck?No idea. But truly no surprise that groklaw would get funding from ibm and/or OSDL and/or both. It probably should be disclosed though.Groklaw Hosted on IbiblioGroklaw is hosted on Ibiblio, which is partly funded by IBM....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, cookie, Ibiblio, Groklaw, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Groklaw vs. the cookie jar

Arrrrg! April 1st is on a Sunday - and April fools jokes just arent funny if read first on April 2nd, so Im forced to put off the first annual chutzpah in IT advertising awards until Hanukkah. Meanwhile InformationWeek released a howler last...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, cookie, Groklaw, IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., Maureen OGara

Blog posts 2007-03-26

SCO's last stand

Groklaw writes that SCO is filing what could be its last papers in its Linux infringement disputes with IBM and Novell. The company asked Judge Dale Kimball to reconsider his November 29 order narrowing the scope of the dispute, as well as a November 30 order from magistrate Brooke Wells....

Tags: Groklaw, Government, Legal, Software Licensing, Linux, General

Blog posts 2006-12-15

The trouble with idiots

In response to a talkback comment from several weeks ago I started this blog with the title "How many Enderlies, let me count the bogs" - but of course things went wrong. Specifically, the first Enderle thing Google hacked up for me to look at turned out to be full...

Tags: Groklaw, Enderle

Blog posts 2006-09-15

Anti-Apple DRM sentiment rising

Anti-Apple DRM sentiment risingWhy single out Apple?At the risk of being labeled a "fanboy", why should he or anyone single out Apple? Isn't all DRM something we should be fighting against? Isn't Apple's DRM a lot more benign and a lot less restrictive than that offered by many...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Groklaw, digital-rights management, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-05

Did Groklaw just drive more nails into SCO's coffin?

Did Groklaw just drive more nails into SCO's coffin?Testing againskpkncasc

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Groklaw, coffin, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-04-13

SCO skipping the tough questions

Groklaw has a link and writeup about a report from Chris Preimesberger about SCO's bad numbers for the fourth quarter of 2004, but a puzzling "optimistic" outlook. Preimesberger notes something that I've long been aware of, namely that SCO is very picky about who gets to ask questions during their...

Tags: SCO Group Inc.

Blog posts 2005-01-10

Groklaw founder exits open-source firm

Groklaw founder exits open-source firmThank you.Ya know, over the past year or so, the media has really let me down. Now, I don't believe anything they say until I get other sources to comfirm it. I clicked on the title expecting a PR from SCO or some kind...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Groklaw, SCO Group Inc., Ignore Loverock, open-source firm, Linux, beef, open source

Discussion threads 2004-11-24