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Archive for June 14th, 2004

14 Jun

Because FAT just wants to be free…

Microsoft’s war on GPL dealt patent setback. FAT not a banker By Andrew Orlowski . [The Register]
Software patents are an inherently bad idea, in my opinion, and
compounded and amplified in the US by an incompetent system that grants
frivolous patents that cost small fortunes to litigate. Software
companies should compete on features, on true innovation, and not [...]

14 Jun

Ernie: look out for the nice guys

Profile of a Dangerous Cross-examiner.
I remember once asking my father, the Psychoanalyst, to explain this
thing called ’sublimation’ that I kept reading about in his shrink
books. His explanation went something like this. People often have
urges that are socially unacceptable, like perhaps a… [Ernie The Attorney]

14 Jun

Happy Flag Day


14 Jun

How many times must they say ‘Trust Us’ before you’ll believe them?

“Microsoft Corp.’s plans for a common set of services that promise its
server platform products will work better together are being met with
skepticism…” writes Peter Galli at eWeek.

14 Jun

Is the new Microsoft the old IBM?

Barbara Darrow, industry editor at Computer Reseller News, writes “Something interesting happened
on the road to and from software dominance. Microsoft, which always
delighted in displacing the old farts of technology, has become an old
fart itself.”

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