Cyberinfrastructure and the Public Interest
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| The fact that so many people are meeting in so many venues to
| discuss standards in non-technical contexts demonstrates the
| fact that something new and important is at work here. And the
| fact that many of these conferences are taking place in
| academic and government venues suggests that people are still
| trying to figure out what it's all about.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070430034335550
Yesterday, Microsoft had another anti-GPL plug in C|Net, using a column to
attack the FSF with one of its proxies/lobbyists.
Related:
State by state, Microsoft responds to creeping threat
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| Characteristically, as lawmakers like Homan have learned,
| Microsoft's hardly taking a passive position.
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| [...]
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| 'Microsoft sees what's coming. Things like Word and Excel
| sort of like a drug now getting ready to go generic.'
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/state-state-microsoft-responds-assault/story.aspx?guid=%7BC0D943C4%2D4ADC%2D471C%2D8F87%2D9181A4EC3E7B%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/2akafj
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| As CIO of Massachusetts from February to November last year, Louis
| Gutierrez had to endure most of the brunt of Microsoft Corp.'s political
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| wrath over a state policy calling for the adoption of the Open Document
| ^^^^^
| Format for Office Applications, or ODF -- a rival to the software vendor's
| Office Open XML file format.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012760&source=rss_news50
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| Quinn: Almost to a person, to anybody involved or who knows about
| the ODF issue, they attributed the story to Microsoft, right, wrong
| or otherwise. Senator Pacheco may be a bully but I do not believe he
| is disingenious and would stoop to such a tactic. Senator Pacheco and
| Secretary Galvin's office remain very heavily influenced by the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine, as witnessed by their
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| playbook and words, in my opinion.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729
MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
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