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Regulation could eventually reduce the use of Microsoft's Office in Norway
Stephe calls out my mistake in calling a company open source. I'm not sure why he chose this time to do it, as I routinely mislabel companies "open source" for two reasons: I don't have a good, short, alternative descriptor for th
I found this too funny...from Dave Dargo's blog:Customer: I want to use my super-powerful computer to help me be more efficient. Microsoft: Great, first you need to speak with our chief of licensing. Customer: Who? Microsoft: He'll help mak
It's nice to be able to write about something besides Microsoft. Interface21, the company behind the exceptional Spring Framework, just nabbed $21M from Benchmark Capital. Peter Fenton, formerly at Accel (and investor in JBoss), did the deal. Th
Open-source developer issues patch for a critical bug in the Samba file-and-print software
Supporters say Microsoft's patent claims show that Redmond is worried about open source, Linux competition for long-term business
Small companies do not have the resources to defend themselves in legal battles that larger companies do
This past Friday a IT banking friend and I spoke at length about the upcoming Microsoft event prior to OSBC which is designed to encourage OSS companies to partner and win with Microsoft. The guys at Olliance have been trying to help Microsoft not be
I was talking with a friend today and he suggested that proprietary vendors have a "right" to their business models, just as open source vendors have to theirs. When I questioned him on whether anyone has a "right" to a certain wa
Microsoft's recent maneuvering over open source has Larry Augustin's ire, too. I wonder if Microsoft cares about all the ill will its hollow sabre rattling does. Larry advises a range of open source companies and he has been encouraging the