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[News] Bizarre IBM Ban Raises Suspicions About 'Proxy Job'

  • Subject: [News] Bizarre IBM Ban Raises Suspicions About 'Proxy Job'
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:35:17 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
IBM blackballed in US federal ambush

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| IBM learned of its temporary banishment through a third-party source last 
| Friday. Upon looking at the US General Services Administration website, the 
| company found it was on the excluded parties list, along with minimal 
| information.   
| 
| "Prior to learning of the temporary suspension on March 28, 2008, IBM was not 
| aware that the EPA or US Attorney’s office were considering any action 
| against IBM," the company said today.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/31/ibm_suspended_from_seeking_us_contracts/

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| Gov't temporarily bans IBM from deals
|
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080331/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_contract_ban;_ylt=AoC41Sk2K9
| 06:21PM March 03/31/08, 2008
| 
| The suspension went into effect last Thursday "while the agency reviews 
| concerns raised about potential activities involving an EPA procurement," the 
| agency said Monday in an e-mailed statement. Under a reciprocal agreement 
| among federal agencies, when one issues a ban, the others follow it....   
| 
| The company learned about the ban on Friday, but "prior to that (we had) no 
| indication there was a dispute between the IBM and EPA. We've spent most of 
| the day trying to determine what's going on," McNeese added.  
|
| [PJ: You don't suppose some Microsoft proxy filed a complaint??] 
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http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php

The reason for suspicion is the recent incident below, as well as another
against Apple and several against Google. Microsoft partners, sometimes with
conviction for proxy fights, attack Microsoft's rivals where it matters.
There's also SCO.


Recent:

Microsoft to IBM: Tolerate PSI Mainframes or Quit Europe

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| If you think Microsoft has an aversion to Article 82 of the European Treaty, 
| the anti-monopoly law that forced it to open some Windows server APIs and 
| also to live with others' media players on desktops, think again. Microsoft 
| is backing Platform Solutions (PSI) in an Article 82 action that could loosen 
| IBM's grip on the mainframe. If PSI is given the keys to every glass house in 
| Europe, Microsoft will be one of its principal guests. In fact, PSI could get 
| more from IBM than it wanted when it first announced mainframe-compatible 
| systems.Last November 27, PSI announced that it had raised more than $37 
| million in additional capital, and that one of the companies in the deal was 
| Microsoft. Other investors in PSI include Intel, Blueprint Ventures, Goldman 
| Sachs, InterWest Partners, and InvestCorp.          
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http://www.itjungle.com/big/big011508-story01.html


Enterprise Unix Roundup: EU vs. Microsoft vs. IBM  

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| Over on IT Jungle, I just read an interesting story about how Microsoft is 
| (by proxy) cleverly using the same law that was just smacked over its head 
| for Windows market dominance against IBM's mainframe base in Europe.  
| 
| The story, by Hesh Wiener, is a fascinating look into the world of 
| litigation-as-business-strategy, and details the complaint filed by Platform 
| Solutions (PSI) against IBM for violating Article 82 of the European 
| Commission (EC) Treaty. The complaint was filed, according to a Dec. 18 
| Reuters story, way back on Oct. 19.     
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http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3722066


Related:

Did Microsoft ruin SCO?

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| Which comes to the scenario in mind. Gates approaches McBride and puts forth 
| a proposition that SCO should try and make money out of Linux. He offers to 
| bankroll the operation in a backhanded manner and then steps back to watch 
| the action unfold. His reasoning for doing this? To have a test run before he 
| puts Microsoft through the same paces. Either way he wins.     
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/did-microsoft-ruin-sco-19663

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