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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Holds Back Technology and Progress

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Holds Back Technology and Progress
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:30:38 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Ten things holding back tech

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| 1. Microsoft's stranglehold on the desktop
|
| Windows unified the personal-computer market, and led it into the enterprise. 
| A good thing, surely? Yes — if unity is more important than innovation, 
| flexibility and a free market. The European Commission disagreed with that, 
| as have courts around the world.   
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39291080,00.htm


Related:

Proprietary software is from dark ages

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| So proprietary software means that we are in the dark ages and open
| source software means that we are in a mature democratic world. In
| fact, Eric Raymond has advocated a similar argument in his essay
| titled "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". Whether you want to live in 
| the dark ages or in a democratic society, is your choice.
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http://www.krishworld.com/blog/open-source/proprietary-software-is-from-dark-ages/

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