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  • Is EU looking at yesterday's Microsoft?

    As the European Union considers restrictions aimed at preventing Microsoft from unfairly using its dominance in PC operating systems to gain control of the market for multimedia software, some say the war has already moved on.

  • Open source gurus issue patent warning

    Several open source luminaries have issued a warning over the implications of software patents, and the possibility of Microsoft unleashing 'patent WMDs' when it realises its business model is no longer viable.

  • Anger as EU ignores open-source video

    More than 7,000 angry Linux users have protested against the European Union after it excluded them from viewing streaming videos.

  • Microsoft not yet open for business

    The most impressive aspect of Microsoft's statement on Thursday in favour of caring and sharing wasn't in anything the company said. It was the speed at which the world, or that part of it not in a commercial relationship with Microsoft, digested the information and replied: Heard it before. Not good enough.

  • Is Microsoft losing growth to Linux?

    Open-source software gave Microsoft a one-two punch this week, with the European Union and an African nonprofit educational organisation showing preference for Linux systems.

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