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- Microsoft
News - "The
Coming Search Wars." ... "Bill Gates, the chairman
of Microsoft, stated his admiration for the "high level of I.Q." of Google's
designers. "We took an approach that I now realize was wrong,'' he said
of his company's earlier decision to ignore the search market. But, he
added pointedly, "we will catch them.''" ... "Microsoft is intently poring
over Google's portfolio of patents, hunting for potential vulnerabilities,
Mr. Schmidt [Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive] contended. And because
Google is running its business using Linux - the free open source software
that has become the biggest challenger of Windows - Microsoft is concerned
that it may be at a competitive disadvantage."
-NYTimes
20030108
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- "Norwegian
Hacker, 19, Is Acquitted in DVD Piracy Case." ...
"A three-member panel of the Oslo City Court, including a judge and two
technical experts, ruled that Mr. Johansen had not broken any laws by using
and distributing the software and that he was free to view DVD's he bought
in any fashion he chose. Mr. Johansen has said that the software was intended
to help him play DVD's he already owned on a Linux-based computer, for
which DVD software had not yet been written." -By
Timothy L. O'Brien -NYTimes
via -Google-News
20021004
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"Wal-Mart
Delivers a Sub-$200 PC." ... "The SYSMAR710 is not
aimed at the power user, nor does it target the gaming or enthusiast crowds.
Instead, the folks at Lindows.com, Microtel, Via Technologies, and Wal-Mart
hope to capture what they believe are emerging markets: consumers with
broadband connections who want an inexpensive second or third PC for the
home, and businesses that require only a basic machine for Internet, e-mail,
and office applications and that is easily integrated into an existing
network." -By John R. Delaney
-PCMag.com
20020727
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"Microsoft's
Big Stick in Peru." ... "Afraid that Peru may adopt
a bill decreeing the use of open-source software in all government systems,
Microsoft apparently enlisted the American ambassador in Lima to help try
and convince the Peruvians to kill the legislation." (1, 2)
-By Agustin d'Empaire
-Wired
20011025
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"Is
XP an Open Door for Open Source? Linux will
likely get a boost as an alternative for cash-strapped schools, local goverments,
and companies in developing countries." -By Jane Black -BusinessWeek/Daily
20010831
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"Virus
costs skyrocket: Coping with computer attacks tops
$10 billion." The article doesn't explain that all the viruses mentioned
are Microsoft products.
-CNN/fn
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