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11 November 2012
Finally: UK Open Standards are RF, not FRAND
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In a huge win for open standards, open source and the public, the long-awaited UK government definition of open standards has come down ...
13 October 2012
Out of Africa: More Microsoft FUD
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One of the most heartening developments recently has been Africa's current embrace of computer technology . That includes open source...
13 September 2012
Forget The Death-Star Anti-Mosquito Lasers, Here's How Nathan Myhrvold Can Help Tackle Malaria -- And Improve His Image
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Nathan Myhrvold is trying to rustle up a little positive PR for Intellectual Ventures (IV) by appointing a VP of Global Good (although it...
10 August 2012
Microsoft's Patent Strategy Made Patent
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At the end of last year, I wrote about the great service Barnes & Noble had performed by drawing back the curtain on one of Microsoft&...
10 June 2012
Last Chance to Save True Open Standards in UK
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Since today is a Bank Holidayin the UK, I hope that a few of you might take the opportunity to make a submission to the UK consultation on...
20 May 2012
How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards V
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Ten years ago, people were saying that open source would never be able to best proprietary software. But what they overlooked was the fa...
12 May 2012
South Korea Still Paying The Price For Embracing Internet Explorer A Decade Ago
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The problems of monopolies arising through network effects, and the negative effects of the lock-in that results, are familiar enough. Bu...
Why Microsoft Loves The Rise of (Some) Openness
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how businesses based around giving stuff away were able to make money by replacing far more expensive opt...
05 May 2012
How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards IV
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Yesterday I looked at the first part of a long document that Microsoft sent the Cabinet Office in October last year. Here I'd like ...
30 April 2012
How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards III
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In my first two posts about Microsoft's lobbying against true open standards, I concentrated on a document sent to the Cabinet Office ...
27 April 2012
The Serious Business of Open Source, Inc.
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One of open source's great strengths is that it is not a company. This means that traditional methods of nullifying its threat – such ...
Does Microsoft Office Lock-in Cost the UK Government £500 Million?
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In may last column, I wrote about Microsoft's efforts last year to derail any possible adoption of ODF. That's very telling, bec...
18 April 2012
How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards II
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In yesterday's post about Microsoft's lobbying of the Cabinet Office against truly open standards based on RF licensing, I spent...
BSA Wants Business Software Licences To Be Checked in VAT Audits
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In my last post, I wrote about my Freedom of Information request to find out how Microsoft had been lobbying against true open standards...
How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards I
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Regular readers may recall that I was not a little taken aback by an astonishing U-turn performed by the Cabinet Office on the matter of o...
US Judge Forbids Motorola From Using German Injunction Against Microsoft
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Here's an interesting development in the legal battle between Microsoft and Motorola in Germany that we discussed recently. It seems ...
As Germany Becomes Europe's East Texas, Microsoft Moves Its Distribution Center
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Just as companies often try to file their patent lawsuits in East Texas, so Germany is emerging as a favorite forum for patent litigation i...
11 April 2012
Of Microsoft, Netscape, Patents and Open Standards
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I still remember well the day in October 1994 when I downloaded the first beta of Netscape's browser. It was instantly obvious that t...
01 April 2012
Open Standards Licensing: Apple's Key Evidence
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As regular readers know, there is a struggle going on between the free software community that needs open standards to be RF (strictly sp...
23 March 2012
Why is Firefox - and Open Source - a Disaster in China?
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Like many people, I've been tracking the steady ascent of Google Chrome - and corresponding decline of Microsoft's Internet Expl...
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