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Patent threats and lawsuits against Android OEMs. Locking down computers using UEFI Secure Boot and taking control away from the owners of the machine. Sabota

Patent threats and lawsuits against Android OEMs. Locking down computers using UEFI Secure Boot and taking control away from the owners of the machine. Sabotaging the office document standard process at ISO. Corruption in cases where governments explored switching to alternative operating systems. Supporting software patents. All these happened within last 5 years (and continue to happen).

tkubacki 12y ago
"Corruption in cases where governments explored switching to alternative operating systems." huh? I'm not MS lover but can you prove this ?
- nileshtrivedi 12y ago
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/10260730/Microsoft-faces-US-scrutiny-over-bribery-allegations.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/10260730/... http://techrights.org/2009/05/10/lobbyists-bribes-vs-free-sw/ http://techrights.org/2009/05/10/lobbyists-bribes-vs-free-sw...
piokoch 12y ago
Frankly speaking when it comes to corruption, MS cannot beat HP and IBM here. The IBM case is a big one, investigated currently by most elitary anticorruption Police unit in Poland. See articles below. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polskieradio.pl%2F5%2F3%2FArtykul%2F1275716%2CInfoafera-w-polskiej-administracji-Nowe-dowody-z-USA&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgielda.onet.pl%2Fkorupcja-w-hp-firma-przyznaje-sie-i-potwierdza-zar%2C18491%2C5614589%2Cnews-detal&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev...
com2kid 12y ago
> Locking down computers using UEFI Secure Boot and taking control away from the owners of the machine. Microsoft requires that x86 UEFI machines be unlockable by end users. In comparison, Apple has locked down various aspects of their desktop machines for years.

tkubacki 12y ago

"Corruption in cases where governments explored switching to alternative operating systems." huh? I'm not MS lover but can you prove this ?

nileshtrivedi 12y ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/10260730/Microsoft-faces-US-scrutiny-over-bribery-allegations.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/10260730/... http://techrights.org/2009/05/10/lobbyists-bribes-vs-free-sw/ http://techrights.org/2009/05/10/lobbyists-bribes-vs-free-sw...

piokoch 12y ago

Frankly speaking when it comes to corruption, MS cannot beat HP and IBM here. The IBM case is a big one, investigated currently by most elitary anticorruption Police unit in Poland. See articles below. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polskieradio.pl%2F5%2F3%2FArtykul%2F1275716%2CInfoafera-w-polskiej-administracji-Nowe-dowody-z-USA&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgielda.onet.pl%2Fkorupcja-w-hp-firma-przyznaje-sie-i-potwierdza-zar%2C18491%2C5614589%2Cnews-detal&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev...

com2kid 12y ago

> Locking down computers using UEFI Secure Boot and taking control away from the owners of the machine. Microsoft requires that x86 UEFI machines be unlockable by end users. In comparison, Apple has locked down various aspects of their desktop machines for years.