04.13.08
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Renting Microsoft software rather than using Free (as in freedom, or libre) software? Links 21/5/2013: Handbrake Turns 0.9.9, NetBSD 6.1 Links for the day Links 20/5/2013: First Salifish Smartphone, Mageia 3 Released Links for the day Microsoft Corruption (Illegal Tenders) Stopped by European Court Microsoft cannot bypass public tenders, based on a ruling from a court of law in Europe Not Satire: Microsoft Wants to Show the World How Security is Done Software security 'standard' to be led by the company which made insecurity an acceptable engineering practice? 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