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Microsoft: Contracts made to be broken?

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Sep 5, 20062 mins

Best of the blogs: Windows XP EULA has some interesting legalese that basically states that Microsoft isn’t responsible for any damages caused by their software. Ed Foster looks at the fine print in today’s Gripe Line and concludes “An agreement that one side can go back on at any time is no agreement at all.”

Columnists corner: The need to “scratch their own itch” has historically been a driving force for open source developers, but that motivation fails when it comes to the complex realities open source faces as it reaches into the mainstream. As Neil McAllister points out in Open Enterprise, “The notion of open source as a socialist utopia is a misguided one. …Someone needs to come forward and make accessibility a priority in open source. The answer, quite simply, is profit.”

The news beat: The saga of battery woes may not end with Sony, as Panasonic now reports it is recalling thousands of battery packs with problems that could lead to overheating. Borland is boosting the SOA capabilities of its Together enterprise modeling tool for Eclipse. And Apple’s iTunes has yet another rival as the popular social networking site MySpace.com launches a new music download service.

Tom Sullivan and the InfoWorld Daily Podcast are on vacation this week, but will resume on Monday, Sept. 11. In the meantime, feel free to browse the archives.