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Random, unsorted articles will appear here from time to time.
How to beat your competitors to death with patents while complaining about even mild remedies.
How do viruses forge your address when they send out copies of themselves?
What do think tanks think about? Perhaps more importantly, why do they think these things? Followed up with commentary on their "reaction".
Microsoft's eight hundred million dollar fine, is it fair? Does it help?
Areas For Concern defangs some subtle FUD being spread by Microsoft Belgium.
The True Value of Linux™, a refutation of a damning-with-faint-praise of Linux™.
Eliding Dead Code, GCC is attacked for adhering to the C98 standard, and here defended.
“A disgruntled ex-employee who was in charge of making sure we were
Microsoft compliant turned us in to the Business Software Alliance,”
[Ernie] Ball says. [...] “We were raided by armed Federal Marshals
and completely shut down for a day. Then you have to swear you won't
touch any data other than what is minimally necessary to run your
business,” he says. “I don’t believe you should treat a customer
that way.” [...] The company ended up paying a [USD]$90,000
settlement.
Ball [...] decided at that moment his company would become
“Microsoft free.” According to Ball, “Everyone said we couldn’t do
it. It took us about one year” [to convert to] a Linux-based network
and UNIX mainframe.
“I haven’t had to buy XP, and I haven’t had to buy new computers.”
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