Tag Archives: competition

I wish antitrust bodies didn’t exist

Posted on 7 October, 2009 by Stef

My good friend Carlo Piana, the lawyer that helped Samba and FSFE in the antitrust trial Microsoft against the European Commission, says today: priority #1 is to keep a close eye on the only overdominant company in the IT market … Continue reading →

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Bruce Schneier on Wired: ‘Security’ Is Code for ‘Control’

Posted on 7 February, 2008 by Stef

I couldn’t agree less with Schneier’s post on Wired: lock-in is bad for users.’  I liked this sentence that explains well how I’m feeling now after having used a Mac for 2 weeks (I promise, I’ll write a long post … Continue reading →

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Open Source? Microsoft’s split personality

Posted on 28 November, 2007 by Stef

I’m not sure that Bill Hilf’s declarations about Microsoft’s Open Source strategy give a complete picture of the corporate strategy in the near future to compete in a sector that radically changed since Windows came to light in the ’90s. … Continue reading →

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Politecnico di Torino launches copyright consulting services

Posted on 12 November, 2007 by Stef

Politecnico di Torino and Regione Piemonte have launced SeLiLi, Servizio Licenze Libere, a service to offer information and consulting services on legal, technological and economical matters regarding copyright licenses. Given the credibility of the Politecnico and in particular to the … Continue reading →

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