Top 10 Questions To Ask At The Microsoft TechEd/STB Analyst Summit Here’s a view I’d not considered: “Just less than 3 years ago, Microsoft was still perceived as part of the “evil” empire. … But in a reversal of fortune, customers now worry about Google lock-in, fret over Oracle’s quest to dominate IT through M&A, [...]
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I just received notice of an Emergency General Meeting at the British Computer Society – some members think the current leadership want to subvert the BCS and turn it from the professional society for Alice and Dilbert into a mass-membership organisation serving the needs of the Pointy-Haired Boss and the corporations he serves. Read more [...]
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MPEG LA – The Standard for Standards – Want to Form a Pool? To be clear, MPEG-LA is a parasite using standards bodies as its host, whether they want it or not. This page makes it clear that the parasite is looking for new hosts. Patent reform is now way overdue. (tags: Patents MPEG-LA troll) [...]
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I’m delighted to say that Google has responded and fixed the licence for WebM so that they don’t need to submit it to OSI any more – they are now just using a BSD licence with a separate patent grant. Read more over on my ComputerWorldUK blog.
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EU plays catch-up with US digital economy There are some very worrying phrases in this legislative push, suggesting that the lobbying by big corporations to get rules that favour them is working. Most worrying is the complaint in connection with the digital agenda that “getting patents is too hard”. No! It’s far, far too easy [...]
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Patent cloud looms over Google Web video plan “The VP8 patent situation is no different from the patent challenges that face any computing innovation, from search to social networking to user interfaces to browsers” — CNet adds little beyond my initial report. (tags: WebM Patents Google VP8 Video CODEC MPEG-LA) Midnight snacking damages the teeth, [...]
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BP, the oil spill, and the urge to crucify…. somebody Perry sums up what I have been wanting to say for days about the BP oil disaster. “There but for the grace of God go I”. (tags: BP Oil Pollution accident accountability vengence blame) Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe [...]
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In an unusual move for such a significant news item, the UK government announced over the weekend that they were ordering all government departments to embark on a voyage of transparency. There were some very good ideas in the announcement, including a mandate to publish details of all ITC procurements. And there is no doubt [...]
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