October 12, 2007
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IP Innovation, a subsidiary of Acacia Technologies Group, has filed a patent infringement claim against Linux distributors Novell and Red Hat for violating U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412 for a User Interface with Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects issued … Continue reading
October 3, 2007
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Microsoft is claiming that releasing the .NET Framework reference source code under the Microsoft Reference License will give developers the opportunity to understand more about .NET. That sounds good for open source, doesnt it? Wrong! Microsofts so-called opening up of … Continue reading
October 1, 2007
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Here we go again. After falling on its face the first time around with Media Extenders, Microsoft is ready to tackle the Apple TV with a new set of Windows Media Extenders. This time around there are three companies offering … Continue reading
September 28, 2007
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Today, I think of Vista as the zombie operating system. It stumbles around, and from a distance you might think its alive, but close up its the walking dead. The first sign that Vista was in real trouble was when … Continue reading
August 30, 2007
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The day is fast approaching when the comment and voting period for ISO/IEC DIS 29500, the draft ISO specification based upon Microsoft’s Office Open XML formats, will either be approved or not. As Sept. 2 comes closer, Microsoft appears to … Continue reading
August 24, 2007
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In Linux circles, Microsoft’s anti-Linux site, Get the Facts, was better known as Get the FUD, and was seen as more of a joke than a convincing argument in favor of Microsoft products over Linux. Microsoft may have come to … Continue reading