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01.11.12

Danish Presidency Wants to Open Europe to Patent Trolls and Software Patents, Italy Reportedly Surrenders

Posted in Patents at 4:55 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Summary : The Danish Presidency starts its term with disappointing developments that put Europe at risk and the Danish Business Minister claims that Italy gave up its sovereignty, too

T HIS year we see Denmark getting the magic wand that is sure to give it fame and notoriety.

The Danish Presidency starts on the wrong foot. It does not look out for the interests of Europe. The …

12.20.10

Red Hat and Oracle Respond to EIFv2, Microsoft Seemingly Plans More Patent Aggression

Posted in Courtroom, Microsoft, Oracle, Patents, RAND, Red Hat at 2:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary : The European Interoperability Framework does not go far enough to serve as a bridge between free/libre applications and this helps Microsoft

T HE question about software patents can determine winners and losers. It’s a battle which takes place in the courts rather than the markets and it’s not over yet. The most recent Red Hat USPTO/SCOTUS news helped show the …

05.03.10

As Google Eats Microsoft’s Cash Cow Ballmer Finds New Attack Dogs in Yahoo!

Posted in Europe, Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument, Search at 11:54 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Yahoo! Blog from Sunnyvale , Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license (caption added by us, with Ballmer’s words

Summary : Microsoft cronies from Yahoo! badmouth Google, still; Google weakens Microsoft and contributes to the decline in the Office franchise

G OOGLE is a growth company, unlike Yahoo! In fact, Google grows at a healthy rate, alongside Apple for example …

04.28.10

Microsoft Windows Profits Decline Over the Years

Posted in Deception, Microsoft, Vista, Vista 7, Windows at 5:11 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Microsoft cannot charge much for Windows anymore, because of GNU/Linux

Summary : Looking back at years of Vista (2007 and 2008), Windows profits are actually declining significantly

M ICROSOFT CARRIES SIGNIFICANT DEBT and many of its divisions/products — Windows included — actually decline this year [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], despite it being a partial recovery for the …

04.19.10

The Gates Foundation May Have Silenced Competing Research Ahead of New Gates Foundation-Funded ‘Study’; Gates Connected to Novartis

Posted in Asia, Bill Gates, Finance, Microsoft, Patents at 4:15 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary : Opposition of the Gates Foundation-funded study is apparently silenced or suppressed; the vaccination goals of the Gates Foundation are still receiving scrutiny and it also invests in Novartis

Gates Foundation-Funded Washington University Study Challenged

T HE following new article , which requires registration, is also available from GatesKeepers .

Dr. Horton is …

02.26.10

Links 26/2/2010: OpenSolaris Support Model to Change

Posted in News Roundup at 8:52 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Contents

GNU/Linux

Distributions

Devices/Embedded

Free Software/Open Source

Leftovers

Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day

GNU/Linux

The Move to Linux – “Daddy’s a penguin!”

With each new convert, Linux joins the mainstream, but even that statement is not fair. Linux is mainstream. It is viable and it is used in hundreds, if not …

02.25.10

Microsoft Claimed to be Cheating in Web Browsers Ballot

Posted in Antitrust, Europe, Free/Libre Software, Google, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument at 5:07 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary : Microsoft’s EU ballot claimed not to be rearranged at random and besides, it totally disregards the issue of Microsoft perverting the Web to make it MSIE-only

B OOSTERS of Microsoft have defended the company's discriminatory treatment of ODF in its new ‘ballot’ dialogue. Well, according to this report , Microsoft might also be cheating in the ballot that …

02.18.10

ODF Alliance Newsletter: February 2009

Posted in OpenDocument at 5:19 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Courtesy of Marino Marcich, ODF Alliance (18 February 2010)

DENMARK OPTS FOR ODF

Beginning 1 April 2011 governmental authorities in Denmark will be required to send and receive documents in formats designated in a list now including ODF. ODF is unique as the only editable document format listed in the decision of the Danish Parliament. To the extent Danish government authorities …

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