SCO Lawsuits: 'Misguided From the Start'
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| One takeaway of the SCO filing is that "dubious legal claims are not a
| business strategy," said Amanda McPherson, marketing director for the Linux
| Foundation. "Building a business on Linux, instead of attacking it, has led
| to prosperity. Compare SCO and Red Hat, for instance," she said.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/7fPaWU1asLvfB6/SCO-Lawsuits-Misguided-From-the-Start.xhtml
Microsoft must 'change its illegal behavior'
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| "Let me be clear, ladies and gentlemen, there is one company that will have
| to change its illegal behavior as a result of this ruling, and that is
| Microsoft," Kroes said at a news conference.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/332064_msfteu18.html?source=mypi
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Microsoft send extortionate threat to Kroes...
Microsoft Hard-Balling EU Over Vista
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| "This is part of the negotiating strategy," a person familiar with the
| situation told internetnews.com. "They're in a public relations battle."
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| Microsoft made the same threat to South Korean regulators, but did not
| follow through when they lost that battle.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3631041
Microsoft foresees more suits in Japan
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| A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities
| is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other
| patent infringement complaints against the U.S. software company,
| an executive said Thursday.
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| Microsoft has been slapped with hefty fines by European Union regulators,
| who have said Microsoft broke competition laws and abused its dominant
| market position.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft
European Commission denies favouring open source
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| The Commission's statement comes just days after it was lobbied to
| clarify its position on open source. The Initiative for Software
| Choice (ISC) wrote to the Commission immediately after the
| release of the report urging it to contact the "international
| press" to "set the record straight" over its stance. The ISC's
| external affairs are handled by CompTIA, which is funded by
| several IT vendors including Microsoft.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/30012007/152/european-commission-denies-favouring-open-source.html
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