theregister.co.uk - 12/4/2008
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Reg Tech Panel Bashing Microsoft for being closed and proprietary has been a popular pastime in the media and the IT industry for many years, and there is no doubt that much of this has been well deserved. After having its wings clipped on several occasions by regulators, however, the Microsoft ...
blog.wired.com - 12/2/2008
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Apple doesn't want you to believe what it
says, even though the company claims it's not lying.
That's the gist of the Cupertino company's legal response to a lawsuit regarding allegedly misleading advertising for the iPhone 3G. The ...
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Apple: Our Ads Don't Lie, But You're a Fool if You ...
news.cnet.com - 12/3/2008
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Updated 7:45 p.m. PST with expert comment, at
7:20 p.m. PST with context on previous coverage, and
at 7:08 p.m. PST with background. Apple removed an old item from its support site late Tuesday that urged Mac customers to use multiple ...
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Apple deletes Mac antivirus suggestion
businessweek.com - 12/3/2008
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Apple more proprietary than Microsoft, survey finds
The Open Road —
... According to a recent poll that The Register ran with its readers, 55 percent crown Apple as the King of Closed, while only 21 ... ...
Can Closed Work for Apple This Time?
SitePoint —
... A recent poll in The Register asked who is more closed, Microsoft or Apple? A whopping 55% of respondents thought that dubious honor belongs to Apple (21% said Microsoft, and 24% said they were both equals in the matter). ...
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IBM wants corporate customers to cut the cord with Microsoft.
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