October 23, 2007 – 3:45 pm
Microsoft’s long held and well deserved reputation as a government eater has perished on the sword of the most unlikely and tremulous dragon-slayer: the EU Competition Commission. M$ have finally yielded to the Competition Commission and will make no appeal against the decision of the European Court in 2004.
This is a qualified victory for consumers: […]
By Geeklawyer
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Also posted in Intellectual Property, competition, copyright, licenses, litigation
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Tagged competition, EU, european, European Court, IT, licence, microsoft
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August 29, 2007 – 8:53 pm
Hmmm.
Personally Geeklawyer loaths professor Eben Moglen of the FSF. We bumped heads with a while back and he came across as yet another loudmouthed pompous American academic lawyer with an unobjective assessment of his own brilliance.
Geeklawyer thinks the GPL3 to be brilliant in its objectives but poorly crafted, as is so often the case with […]
So, the equipment has arrived. Love and kisses to the Law Society who not merely embrace Information Technology but give it tongues and a good spanking. Ruthie was keen to get the back off and see the magic pixies that make it work, but then remembered her Faustian pact. She set to work quickly […]
By Ruthie
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Also posted in Geek
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Tagged 3G, devil, faust, firefox, gates, IT, laptop, Law Society, microsoft, mobile, openoffice, phone, rant, This Blog
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September 19, 2006 – 6:03 pm
Nick Kent points out that Microsoft is whinging about the EU’s attempts to prevent it behaving anti-competitively.
Microsoft and Yahoo have this week determined to challenge Google’s dominance in online advertising. Currently Google controls 50% of the online advertising market, worth some 14 billion dollars a year. The key to successful online advertising is to match the adverts to the searches, and to the demographic of the readership. Presumably this site will […]
February 20, 2006 – 10:27 pm
Geeklawyer notes that Microsoft is ‘cracking down‘ on software piracy again. Not for their sakes of course. Well only incidentally anyway; no, their concern is for the economy. Stupid. ‘Cos a mere 10% reduction in piracy would create 34000 jobs in the UK and add £3 billion to the economy in tax revenues.
By Geeklawyer
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Also posted in copyright, crime, licenses, linux
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Tagged crime, IT, licensing, microsoft, Open Source, pirate, software, terrorism
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January 26, 2006 – 2:25 am
“Microsoft is to open up the source code behind its server communication protocols”
says the Register. One cheer says Geeklawyer. Microsoft said: “The commission asked for specifications. If you want to understand the protocols the source code is even better. This is the ultimate documentation. Indeed, and in this respect Microsoft echoes, word […]
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