Comments on: MSNBC Manipulated Story to Hide Microsoft’s Extensive Use of Free Software http://techrights.org/2009/06/19/msnbc-ms-manipulated-story/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anon http://techrights.org/2009/06/19/msnbc-ms-manipulated-story/comment-page-1/#comment-67381 anon Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:04:20 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13447#comment-67381 MSNBC is a joint venture of NBC and MS per the wiki (or at least was) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC MSNBC is a joint venture of NBC and MS per the wiki (or at least was)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

]]> By: anon http://techrights.org/2009/06/19/msnbc-ms-manipulated-story/comment-page-1/#comment-67380 anon Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:03:13 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13447#comment-67380 According to the Wiki MSNBC is a joint venture : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC According to the Wiki MSNBC is a joint venture :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/06/19/msnbc-ms-manipulated-story/comment-page-1/#comment-67239 Yuhong Bao Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:16:19 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13447#comment-67239 "However, it looks like some of those Unix utilities were never rewritten. If you look at the executables, you can still see the copyright notice from the regents of the University of California" And the only reason why that copyright notice was even included is that the 4-clause BSD license required it. If the code was licensed under the 3-clause BSD license, MS could strip it making this harder to detect. “However, it looks like some of those Unix utilities were never rewritten. If you look at the executables, you can still see the copyright notice from the regents of the University of California”
And the only reason why that copyright notice was even included is that the 4-clause BSD license required it. If the code was licensed under the 3-clause BSD license, MS could strip it making this harder to detect.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/06/19/msnbc-ms-manipulated-story/comment-page-1/#comment-67140 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:57:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13447#comment-67140 How timely (from today's news): <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/171607.asp?source=rss" rel="nofollow">Microsoft lands deal with NBC for ad-campaign tool</a> I'm starting to suspect that this whole "NBC" thing is not exactly impartial. How timely (from today’s news): Microsoft lands deal with NBC for ad-campaign tool

I’m starting to suspect that this whole “NBC” thing is not exactly impartial.

]]> By: aeshna23 http://techrights.org/2009/06/19/msnbc-ms-manipulated-story/comment-page-1/#comment-67040 aeshna23 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:56:33 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13447#comment-67040 This story squashed any remaining doubts that I had about the GPL being superior to BSD. FreeBSD has helped out Microsoft and Apple far too much. This story squashed any remaining doubts that I had about the GPL being superior to BSD. FreeBSD has helped out Microsoft and Apple far too much.

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