It's been over a week now and it's interesting to meter the reaction to the Microsoft and Novell deal. Popular, mainstream reaction has been generally positive -- this could create a win/win for the companies, and consumers will benefit form the partnership. But for those more steeped in the open [...]
Today, the United States Department of Commerce took another concrete step toward making ICANN fully independent as the technical manager of the Internet. Washington – Today the United States Department of Commerce announced its support for the .com domain name registry agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and [...]
Washington – Today the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) commended Microsoft and Novell for announcing an important partnership agreement that puts customers and innovation before licensing ideology. The wide-ranging agreement will undoubtedly move the industry further toward a new level of cooperation between open source and proprietary businesses. ACT president [...]
Microsoft to Ship Windows Vista On-time in Europe. SMEs can breathe a sigh of relief. Brussels – The thousands of small and mid-size information technology firms throughout Europe and the United States welcome today's confirmation that Microsoft will deliver Windows Vista on time worldwide, according to the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), which [...]
"Today the European Parliament took an important step toward making the patent system more accessible and predictable for the thousands of ICT SMEs that rely on it. ACT commends the Parliament's commitment to the EPLA process that will inevitably lead to lower litigations costs and decreased complexity." "Perhaps most important, [...]