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Microsoft and Novell – Exacerbating an Ideological Divide?
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 [...]
Germany’s Innovation Agenda
In light of Europe's lackluster innovation performance, it is commendable that Germany plans to make research and innovation policy the focus of its EU [...]
Perhaps We All Can Get Along
I’ve spent the past few years asking the software development community, ”Why can’t we all get along?” I became increasingly optimistic after Microsoft’s General [...]
Another Step toward ICANN Independence: US Government Supports .com Agreement
Today, the United States Department of Commerce took another concrete step toward making ICANN fully independent as the technical manager of the Internet. Washington [...]
Microsoft and Novell: Understanding the IP Implications
Microsoft and Novell announced a collaborative effort. Whoa, this is big news! Windows and SuSE Linux, proprietary and open source, Microsoft and Novell -- [...]
Microsoft and Novell: Putting Customers Before Licensing Ideology
Washington – Today the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) commended Microsoft and Novell for announcing an important partnership agreement that puts customers and innovation [...]
Ebony and Ivory… Microsoft and Novell Find Common Ground
In what will hopefully be a sign of things to come, Microsoft and Novell took an important step toward bridging the divide between the [...]
EU-Style Capitalism Part II – The Dynamism Gap
A dynamic economy is not an end in itself. Rather, it is the consequences of dynamism that make the American brand of capitalism a [...]