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EPO Examiners to Adopt Resolution Condemning EPO Management for Breaking the Law in Order to Grant Many Illegal Software Patents: Europe's second-largest institution (EPO) is a law-breaking institution hiding behind the veil of "law"
[Meme] Sup, Nazi?: "Come back, one year"
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Gemini Links 05/10/2024: Multitudinous Agreeable Futures and Misfin Mail: Links for the day
Links 05/10/2024: Amazon Culling 14,000 Managers, About 160 People Resign From Automattic: Links for the day
Microsoft Moles in Nerdearla, Openwashing and Whitewashing Microsoft With Its Latest Ponzi Scheme and Storytelling: Also GPL violations en masse
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 04, 2024: IRC logs for Friday, October 04, 2024
Links 05/10/2024: Shift to ARM, Microsoft XBox Crisis: Links for the day
[Meme] Who to Trust on Privacy... (Not Someone Who Boasts About Breaking Into Devices Without Authorisation): You're not even a computer scientist...
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[Video] Stella Assange and Thórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir on Protecting Journalists Who Expose Injustice: Stella (the wife) says her husband received an invitation from the committee (PACE) while he still undergoes recovery
[Video] Thórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC) Explains That Julian Assange Was Punished for Exposing Crimes (Instead of the Criminals Getting Published): Thórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir speaks out...
Links 04/10/2024: Health, Asia, and Censorship: Links for the day
Links 04/10/2024: Ingrid's Back and Creative Mornings: Links for the day
[Video] The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly on Julian Assange: The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly has voted to confirm that Julian Assange was held as a political prisoner
Links 04/10/2024: Telegram Issues Deepen, Texas Sues TikTok: Links for the day
"The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly has voted to confirm that Julian Assange was held as a political prisoner.": This stuff should not have been in Twitter (X)
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GNU/Linux Flaring Up in ASEAN: We said we'd not post statCounter for a few months
Gemini Links 04/10/2024: Asteroid City and Retro Gaming: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 03, 2024: IRC logs for Thursday, October 03, 2024
Resting Time: we deserve a short break - even if only for tomorrow
Wikileaks Revelations About the History of IBM and Its Role in the Cold War: IBM is still an ICBM company (to this very date)
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Gemini Links 03/10/2024: RetroChallenge and Change of Online Habits: Links for the day
Links 03/10/2024: Quantum Computer Vapourware (as Usual) and Samsung Layoffs: Links for the day
Links 03/10/2024: "Hey Hi" Scandals and Copyright/Trademark Disputes: Links for the day
Invidious Seems to be Nearing 'End of Life' After Repeated Crackdowns by Google/Alphabet/YouTube: To Free software users, YouTube ought to become a "no-no"
Links 03/10/2024: Climate Issues and Tensions in East Asia: Links for the day
Like a Marketing Department of Microsoft, Canonical Sells Back Doors and Surveillance as "Confidential" and "Hey Hi" (AI): Notice how Canonical has made no statement critical of Microsoft for years
Gemini Links 03/10/2024: Frozen Tofu and SGI O2: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 02, 2024: IRC logs for Wednesday, October 02, 2024

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Google

2008-05-04 05:58:46

Microsoft having 25% in apple ??

LOL !!!
Roy Schestowitz

2008-05-04 06:20:07

Yes, and it's not necessarily a good thing. As a shareholder it can have impact on the company's strategic decisions. It can encourage the use of OOXML in Apple products for example, And do don't think it doesn't happen.

http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/09/microsoft-dirty-fight-vs-odf/ http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/17/font-patent-deals-and-ooxml/ http://boycottnovell.com/2007/11/30/novell-apple-deal-similarity

Novell and Apple actually have a lot in common as far as their relationship with Microsoft is concerned. Remember that Microsoft does not mind using Apple to knock off its #1 rival, which is Free software (mainly the GPL), by it very own and recent admission. It calls it "Linux" and tries to separate "open source" from the rest (Ah! The power of words).

Be aware that Apple/Mac users are a source of revenue to Microsoft (patent deals/cross-licensing, Microsoft Office for Mac, etc.), unlike GNU/Linux.

Microsoft is also afraid of Google, to which GNU is an important enabler. The same goes for IBM which strategises like this (also, increasingly, Sun, Oracle and others).
LinuxIsFun

2008-05-04 11:20:11

How much of Google / Redhat is owned by Microsoft ?
Roy Schestowitz

2008-05-04 13:08:38

None as far as I know, but some former Microsoft employees land in Google, which might lead to problems in the future (it already proves to be troubling, based on what Schmidt said last year).

Links 03/05/2008: Free Software in Spain, Ecuador, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia...

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