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Techrights, part of Bytes Media, is a progressive site which supports software freedom and advocates digital diversity through standardisation (naturally, it is against monopoly). The different sections address multiple areas or companies, e.g. Novell which can be found further down on this page. One way to organise tens of thousands of pages is this archive, but another way is as follows.

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Filing for Justice

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Free Software Advocacy

Elimination/Limitation of Software Monopolies

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Inside Apple

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     9 February 2012 :: Reader’s Picks Hardware Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms? Something sounded familiar last week when I heard U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America’s classrooms. … “Books will soon be obsolete in the schools…. Our school system will be [...]

     7 February 2012 :: Reader’s Picks Libre Office community grows and works New Hampshire Law Demands Free Software and Open Standards Science Not so superior after all. Hardware Nokia CEO Blames Salesmen For Windows Phone Struggles “Steven Elop of Nokia has placed some of the blame for the struggles of Windows Phone on mobile phone shops — for not [...]

     7 February 2012 :: Links for the day

     7 February 2012 :: IRC logs for February 6th, 2012

     6 February 2012 :: IRC logs for February 5th, 2012

     6 February 2012 :: Links for the day

     6 February 2012 :: Backlash against the Gates Crusade to brainwash the young minds all around the world

     6 February 2012 :: The Gates Foundation goes lobbying for Microsoft again, this time in Vietnam

     6 February 2012 :: Challenging the old misconception that patents are beneficial to anything but few multinationals and their patent lawyers

     5 February 2012 :: Links for the day

     5 February 2012 :: IRC logs for February 4th, 2012

     5 February 2012 :: Another look at the OpenStack situation, why Microsoft should not be allowed to enter, and more about patent and copyright complications

     5 February 2012 :: Apple products get banned (for the time being) after Apple decided to attack Linux-supporting competitors and then received some blowback

     5 February 2012 :: The rise of the junk patents and what we are taught about them by the news, including some news about the unitary patent in Europe

     5 February 2012 :: GMO, a robbery of the right of reproduction (and a potential health hazard), is promoted by Bill Gates for profit, whereupon critics strike back


Boycott Novell

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This is the main initiative of this Web site, which is also conducted in an IRC channel.

Introduction

Boycott Novell is an initiative that was conceived (see history) after Novell had signed a patent deal with Microsoft, an abusive monopoly. This deal was sought after by Novell and it has initiated:

In this Web site, we strive to address these issues, mostly by informing. The following sets of pages organise the information we have accumulated so far. It is permanently under construction and by creating an account you can help us edit and expand.

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Index of Portals

Miscellaneous Pages

  • Drones list :: List of people who are serving Microsoft's business agenda
  • Articles index :: A broad list of topics that are listed cohesively

Got anything to share? Come and join us at the IRC channel.

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