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Novell - Microsoft deal extended
Who would have thought the Novell-Microsoft deal would lsat this long? It originally seemed to be Novell inviting its customers to cave in to Microsoft's unsubstantiated patent... More
Transys comment speculation
I've been pondering why it's so difficult to get any official comment out of any of the organisations involved when it comes to what is happening with Transys. Transys is the consortium... More
IDF: Intel announces TV platform, chan...
I'm in a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, and Intel has just announced two major iniatives in combining IT and TV. In conjunction with Yahoo, Intel has created the Widget Channel,... More
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Can you imagine what would have happened if the great philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists and writers had patented their ideas so that nobody else could use them without paying. We today wouldn't be able to have a conversation without violating somebodies intellectual property. The arguement of the free software community is that software should be treated in the same manner, copyrightable but not patentable.
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Microsoft exec talks patent politics
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When all is said, if Microsoft produce the best product people will buy it and thats a good thing. If people have to buy their product because no one else can produce an alternative, only because interoperability protocols are kept secret, then thats a bad thing.
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EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal
