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Behind the scenes in Microsoft's war against Linux
news.cnet.com - 2/9/2009
Behind the scenes in Microsoft's war against Linux
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Even as Microsoft has slipped into the mainstream of open source by embedding it in its products and adopting open-source strategies for services such as customer relationship management, it continues its subversive fight against Linux. Linux is different, you see. Open ...
blog.lizardwrangler.com - 2/9/2009
The European Commission and Microsoft
— blog.lizardwrangler.com — Last month the European Commission stated its preliminary conclusion that “Microsoft’s tying of Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system harms competition between web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces ... (more) The European Commission and Microsoft

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microsoft.com - 2/9/2009
Google Takes Patent License to Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync: Google will be able to extend ...
— microsoft.com — Google will be able to extend their value proposition to their customers through this license with Microsoft. REDMOND – Feb. 9, 2009 – Earlier today Google announced Google Sync , which is made possible by a patent license they obtained from Microsoft ... (more) Google Takes Patent License to Microsoft Exchange ...

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jkontherun.com - 2/7/2009
My Phone appearance- official response from Microsoft
— jkontherun.com — We told you how it appeared that the new Skybox service, dubbed My Phone by Microsoft, inadvertently appeared today and then disappeared. We have received this official statement about My Phone from Microsoft directly: Today, Microsoft’s My Phone ... (more) My Phone appearance- official response from Microsoft

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