Tag Archives: microsoft

Why I wish I could reject your email attachment

Posted on 31 March, 2010 by Stef

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a campaign calling on all computer users to start politely rejecting email attachments sent in secret and proprietary formats: for freedom and the good of the web!  I believe that open standards are … Continue reading →

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How to promote GNU and Software Freedom on 5th Avenue for free

Posted on 25 November, 2009 by Stef

Get this: Microsoft execs are desperately trying to reach kids and hipsters (pretending Windows is a cool brand) that they allow anybody to broadcast their tweets in the store window at legendary Saks on Fifth Avenue New York. So here … Continue reading →

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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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Stallman comments on CodePlex Foundation

Posted on 6 October, 2009 by Stef

We’ll have to judge the new foundation by its actions, but as a start there are no promising signs that this will contribute in any way to the free software movement. Instead, the foundation seems designed to increase the amount … Continue reading →

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Is Microsoft the Great Satan?

Posted on 29 September, 2009 by Stef

We don’t hate Microsoft, and we don’t consider it the Great Satan. But we do recognize it as the company that has separated more users from their freedom than any other, and a powerful avowed enemy of computer users’ freedom. … Continue reading →

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The cost of monopoly in the cloud

Posted on 10 July, 2009 by Stef

Reading of the latest cyber attacks against South Korea and USA digital systems, I remembered a rather old post from Gen Kanai @Mozilla, the cost of a monoculture. It’s about monopoly, government decisions and security in the cloud. [South Korea] … Continue reading →

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Google plans to own you. More.

Posted on 9 July, 2009 by Stef

Finally Google revealed its plans to enter the operating system market. The first thing that comes to mind are chairs flying in Microsoft offices The other thing comes from this statement: “All Web-based applications will automatically work and new applications … Continue reading →

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Cramming unnecessary features is not innovative

Posted on 30 March, 2009 by Stef

I’ve been waiting for many years for a cheap all-in-one desktop computer, something like an iMac that would look good in a home office without carrying the Apple-tax of an operating system I don’t like and the premium price of … Continue reading →

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Will Nokia become FLOSS best friend?

Posted on 17 March, 2009 by Stef

Google’s power is making more people concerned that their motto ‘do no evil’ is not reassuring enough. Fabrizio Capobianco’s blog post summarizes the concerns of the Winston Smith Project. Google is scary because it controls the access point to the … Continue reading →

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Architecture, Politics, Internet and Open Standards

Posted on 21 January, 2009 by Stef

I still have Obama’s inauguration’s speech in my mind, so full of passion and hope. It’s such a powerful word, hope.’  What most impressed me was his call to politicians to stop bickering and get to work to reform politics.’  … Continue reading →

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