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Microsoft Entryism Roundup: COPsync, Level 3, and Yahoo!

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Summary: COPsync hires from Microsoft, Level 3 dumps Microsoft's proprietary software to stave off Free software, and Yahoo! keeps falling apart

ONCE in a while we try to keep track of where Microsoft employees end up (especially the senior ones). They cause damage to potential rivals even after they leave Microsoft. We keep seeing evidence, so this demonstrably true.



COPsync adds a Microsoft person to its Board of Directors based on the following new announcement:

COPsync, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Joel Hochberg to the Board of Directors



[..]

Previously Mr. Hochberg was the president of a prominent software company in the video game business that was sold to Microsoft in 2004. After the sale of this company, Mr. Hochberg acted as a consultant with Microsoft's X-Box division for three years.


Additionally, Microsoft is creating new "partners" every week in order to extend the ecosystem (we rarely cover examples of these, unless it's relevant to Free software). Sometimes Microsoft just gives some "awards" to win the loyalty of some other companies or as this news suggests, even persons. Someone called John Scott gets what's called "Microsoft Innovation Award".

Microsoft now adds Level 3 to distributors of its dumping programme which goes by the *Spark banners [1, 2]. We have explained these before. Poor businesses are still putting the shackles on, perhaps not realising that Microsoft will squeeze them later. They really should stick with Free software, which is why Microsoft launched this programme in the first place (suppressing migration to something else, based on short- and long-term considerations).

Last but not least, we still see the effect of Microsoft's attack on Yahoo's identity and corporate culture. Another key executive (senior vice president) is leaving.

A big pick-up for Demand Media; The content distributor has hired Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) SVP Joanne Bradford as its chief revenue officer, according to AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher.


This is the type of thing that happens when companies let themselves be infiltrated by Microsoft. It's just appalling as it removes choice from the market. Are antitrust laws no longer being enforced?

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