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- Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims
- Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claimsGlass houses...MS knows their code contains infringed upon IP. They aren't going to open a can of worms that would require them to open source their OS under one of the GPL's.Open source has nothing to worry about.Just close you're...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., patent claim, Put Up, IP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Open Source in 2013
- <satire> <source> Thank you. (Picture from Fox, America's only network. My picture at the top of this blog is expected to look much like this one in 2013, if I shave and get the combover right.) The hectic but repetitive routine of business and journalism often seems...
- Tags: Job, America, World Entertainment Shortage, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- News to know: MicroNoHoo, OpenSolaris, 10 reasons for IT failure; Apple
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground Dan Farber: Yang...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, OpenSolaris, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Enomaly, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Open Source, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft’s Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Who gave SCO that $100 million lifeline?
- Rather than join in the high dudgeon over SCO getting a lifeline of up to $100 million to go private let's talk a little about the man who put the deal together. His name is Stephen L. Norris. (Picture from The Epoch Times.) Norris'...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., SCO Litigation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- 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
- Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against Linux
- Contrary to speculation, Microsoft is not behind the patent litigation filed against Linux distributors last week, the company insists. "Microsoft is not a party to Acacia's lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell, nor are we involved in any way in this litigation," according to an official statement...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Coincidence, Brunell, Litigation, Linux, Open Source, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief
- Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chiefYes, controversialThe idea of interoperability will indeed be verrry controversial, and downright blasphemous. How dare Microsoft recognize that they have to live with the existence of Linux in this world and thus make an effort to interoperate.Loverock, who seems to be absent these days, would...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- Why Microsoft hasn't sued (yet)
- Microsoft continues to make its claim that Linux violates its patents. Chief counsel Brad Smith told Fortune last week open source violates 235 Microsoft patents. It reminds me of some of the lists Joe McCarthy used to wave back in the day. Software patents are not described in patent law....
- Tags: FOSS, General, IBM, Legal, Linux, Microsoft, Patents
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell deal on its head?
- New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell deal on its head?New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell deal on its head?Again the linux community takes a reaction and a late one at that. Adding this clause isn't going to effect Microsoft in the slightest bit. Microsoft and Novell already...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., patent, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., GPL
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- One fantasy that Bill Gates thankfully knows how to fulfill
- Against the backdrop of all the vendors whove been indemnifying their customers against this, that, or the other lawsuit, I keep telling people that its highly unlikely that vendors are going to sue you if the software you got from someone else (eg: Red Hat) infringes on a patent that...
- Tags: spyware, FTC, ERG, Security, Legal, General
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- One fantasy that Bill Gates thankfully knows how to fulfill
- Against the backdrop of all the vendors whove been indemnifying their customers against this, that, or the other lawsuit, I keep telling people that its highly unlikely that vendors are going to sue you if the software you got from someone else (eg: Red Hat) infringes on a patent that...
- Tags: General, Security, Legal, Berlind, ERG, FTC, spyware
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win
- Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux winNTFS? WTF?[i]If they get to legally integrate NTFS into SUSE, then I would be hard pressed not to switch to it, since I've been considering such a move for a while, but having to move close to 200 gig worth of data...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Linux Customers, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-03
- Gloves come off in Symantec, Microsoft dispute
- Gloves come off in Symantec, Microsoft disputeMessage has been deleted.Symantec and Microsoftmaking themselves irrelevant by their own coding each day. We'll be leaving Symantec for Sophos later this month after years of up and down performance by the one-time ok or better than McAfee at the time antivirus/security leader....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Vista-Office, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-08-25
- MS platform chief: closed-mindedness about open source continues
- MS platform chief: closed-mindedness about open source continuesLove the photoSomehow it reminds me of that Star Wars Kid video.Open source=cancer? Typical M$ blatherJust another reason Ballmer has to go if M$ is to survive. His close mindedness will eventually send M$ right to the bottom. News flash...
- Tags: Wow Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- Apple wins Beatles battle
- Apple wins Beatles battleI don't know about the better lawyers thing.How stupid would that be if every technology company out there except Apple Computers could and would/will take advantage of this new use of technology to make money and Apple would have too sit on the sidelines because Apple Corps...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Eden, Apple Inc., Beatles, Ohhhh
- Discussion threads 2006-05-08
- SCO Group names new marketing chief
- SCO Group names new marketing chiefSCOF*** SCO.
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., marketing chief, marketing
- Discussion threads 2006-02-19
- My what big IP teeth open source has
- When OSDL chief Stuart Cohen was in Atlanta last week one of the interesting things his luncheon companions heard was his view that the SCO case was actually a good thing.It's certainly been a good thing for Palamida.Palamida CEO Mark Tolliver left called from his car today on the way...
- Tags: Mark Tolliver, IP, CodeRank
- Blog posts 2006-02-14
- Novell to chop 600 jobs
- Novell to chop 600 jobsBrilliant move...Switching focus to Linux will just kill this company once and for all. The SCO lawsuit will take care of that. Now that NetWare is dead and Linux is on life support, Novell will be thrown to the scrap heap of IT history. Another company...
- Tags: Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Windows NT, job, Novell Inc., Novell NetWare
- Discussion threads 2005-11-02
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