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	Common criticisms of Microsoft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Microsoft is also frequently accused of using existing computer terms as names for new proprietary technologies it designs and then attempting to control these terms using trademark law and patent law.
		Microsoft characterizes open-source software as being "potentially viral" [25] and the GNU General Public License itself as a "viral license" which "infects" proprietary software and forces its developer to have to release proprietary source to the public.
		Microsoft has tried to use this to attract mind share, but shared source is generally criticized within the open-source developer community for leaving too much control in the hands of the shared-source code's owner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microsoft_tax (5335 words)

	Microsoft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, under the company name Micro-soft, to develop and sell BASIC interpreterss (initially for the MITS Altair 8800, whose manufacturer was already in Albuquerque).
		Microsoft's key moment came in the late 1970s when IBM was planning to enter the personal computer market with its IBM Personal Computer (PC), which was released on August 12, 1981.
		Microsoft fosters a general attitude of long term strategic wariness in its managers, who are expected to be ready for any challenge from the competition or the market.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Microsoft (5071 words)

	Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned by Robert Kurzban
		Critics of evolutionary psychology must stop ascribing political views to evolutionary psychologists that they do not hold, and members of the scientific community ought to police this conduct with rigor.
		The critics then reply that evolutionary psychologists are wrong in believing behavior is genetically determined, that every aspect of the organism is an adaptation, and that discovering what is informs what should be.
		As long as critics continue to misrepresent the discipline, evolutionary psychology is doomed to remain unfairly accused, and unjustly condemned.
	human-nature.com /nibbs/02/apd.html (5164 words)

	Microsoft Resources & Information - free microsoft games
		Microsoft has been the focus of much controversy in the computer industry, especially since the 1980s, most critically for its business tactics, which some perceive as unfair and anticompetitive.
		Microsoft microsoft also intends to release a successor to the Xbox, the Xbox 360, which it plans on integrating with templates Windows Vista and Windows Media Center to make it an entertainment hub rather tips i than just a videogame upgrade console.
		Microsoft has been the focus of much controversy in the computer industry, especially since the 1980s, most critically for its business tactics, which some perceive need as unfair and anticompetitive.
	www.bizhisto.com /microsoft.htm (6328 words)

	Ori Weinroth
		Microsoft is one of the biggest investors in speech recognition.
		One of the criticisms of the new Office 2.0 apps as an alternative to Microsoft's Office products is that these apps are silos - they do not interconnect.
		They all conceded that some sort of hybrid model (the very same model that Microsoft is committed to) will probably be the best for the end-user and thus the winning model.
	www.microsoftstartups.com /blogs/ori/default.aspx (3969 words)

	Microsoft
		Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, under the company name Micro-soft, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters (initially for the MITS Altair 8800, whose manufacturer was already in Albuquerque).
		Microsoft Windows has an effective monopoly in the desktop operating systems market; this was established in the "findings of fact" during the antitrust case.
		Microsoft is working to leverage its current success in desktop operating systems into new markets such as media players, server software, handheld devices, web services, and video games, and more recently search engines, with varying degrees of success.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Microsoft (3805 words)

	windows xp Index - Computer-Technology-Find (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Microsoft executives have stated that the release of patches to fix security holes is often what causes the spread of exploits against those very same holes, as crackers figured out what problems the patches fixed then launch attacks against unpatched systems.
		Microsoft responded on its "Freedom to Innovate" web site (http://www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate/newsletter/finnews_060501.asp), pointing out that in earlier versions of Windows, Microsoft had integrated tools such as disk defragmenters, graphical file managers, and TCP/IP stacks, and there had been no protest that Microsoft was being anticompetitive.
		Later, Microsoft released a utility as part of the SP1 which allows icons and other links to bundled software such as Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and MSN Messenger to be removed.
	www.computer-technology-find.com /windows-xp (3938 words)

	criticisms - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word criticisms:
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		Phrases that include criticisms: anglosphere criticisms, bahai criticisms, bahÃ¡'Ã criticisms, common criticisms of internet explorer, common criticisms of microsoft, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=criticisms (89 words)

	Microsoft - All About All findings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Microsoft Query by Example (QBE) is a method of creating database queries using examples based on a text string, the name of a document or a list of documents.
		The Microsoft Macro Assembler (abbreviated MASM) is an assembler for the x86 family of microprocessors.
		Common criticisms of Microsoft (Redirected from Microsoft controversy)
	www.allaboutall.info /search/Microsoft (610 words)

	The Scobleizer LonghornBlog : How to Hate Microsoft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		But with regard to the fact that Microsoft controls the desktop I don't see a single whisper in anything you've written acknowledging the fact that Longhorn is just another platform that allows Microsoft to continue their control.
		What would tickle me pink is for Microsoft to retract the "we aren't building IE for Macs anymore because Apple has a browser and owns the OS and we can't compete with that" BS statement and tell the truth behind that decision.
		Our criticisms are coming from _somewhere_ and while it may be difficult to thrash out the details, and while the explicit criticisms may be unfair, there's something causing them.
	longhornblogs.com /scobleizer/posts/345.aspx (13322 words)

	People, Power and Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		These organization have often been called "shills" by Microsoft's critics, who allege that the groups are paid by Microsoft in order to spread Microsoft propaganda under the appearance of being neutral and unaffiliated, and that the attempt to harm Microsoft's competitors by spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
		If Microsoft is found to have violated antitrust laws, the EU could fine Microsoft as much as 10 percent of its yearly global sales.
		Microsoft said that sales of its latest Desktop Operating System, Windows XP, hit 32 million OEM and retail copies as of April {http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com?originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci836066,00.html}.
	www.shortell.org /courses/cs3/firstgroupessay.html (11838 words)

	Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger
		Andrew Watt asks how he should deal with the wave of information coming because there are now 346 Microsoft employees blogging, with new ones coming every day.
		He was on a Mac (shhhh, we do have a few of those at Microsoft) and I was on a tricked out Dell 3GHz machine.
		Don Box's comment that he thinks the blogosphere is naturally self-referential brought to mind a discussion I had with a Microsoft executive recently (who'll go unnamed).
	radio.weblogs.com /0001011/2004/02/21.html (3149 words)

	Business Software Review:Category Top/Computers/Organizations/User Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A Windows Server domain or Windows NT Domain is a group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that can be centrally managed by one or more Windows Servers.
		Microsoft funds several think tanks, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute and the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution.
		A security policy is a generic document that outlines rules for computer network access, determines how policies are enforced and lays out some of the basic architecture of the company security environment.
	www.business-software-review.org /Category98666.html (349 words)

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		Although Microsoft has always been a leader in XML, their innovative use of XML in future technologies highlights their commitment to interoperability.
		Hence, in Whidbey, System.Xml provides a common query engine for processing instructions from multiple query languages including XPath, XQuery, XSLT, or an XML view.
		The Common Query Architecture provides a flexible layer of abstraction that allows the introduction of new query languages down the road.
	msdn.microsoft.com /msdnmag/issues/04/02/XMLFiles (2986 words)

	Windows XP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Microsoft releases service packs for its Windows operating systems to fix problems and add features.
		Critics have claimed that the default Windows XP user interface adds visual clutter and wastes screen space while offering no new functionality.
		Microsoft's Plan to Condition the Sale of Media Player on the Sale of Windows XP is Just the Latest Example of a Pattern of Continued Violations by Microsoft of both the 1995 Microsoft Consent Decree and the Sherman Act (http://www.procompetition.org/headlines/04_whitepaper.pdf).
	www.centipedia.com /index.php?title=Windows_XP (3693 words)

	John McGowan's AVI Overview
		AVI is the most common format for audio/video data on the PC.
		This is the most common question that I get about AVI files (12/18/98).
		As of March 10, 2000, this four character code was not registered with Microsoft according to the list of registered four character codes at the Microsoft web site.
	www.jmcgowan.com /avi.html (1230 words)

	WDVL: Common Criticisms - Page 161
		One of the most common criticisms of Perl is that it's difficult to read other people's code.
		The output is exactly the same as the first example, but to a reader, very little is happening at the visible surface.
		Critics pounce here, and say that this third example is exactly what gets us into trouble with Perl.
	www.wdvl.com /Authoring/Languages/Perl/PerlfortheWeb/symbols.html (864 words)

	IEBlog : Standards and CSS in IE
		I do want to be clear that I believe the Web Standards Project and my team has a common goal of making the lives of web developers better by improving standards support, and I’m excited that we’re working together to that end.
		Had Microsoft not molded IE in to the OS and forced companies creating ActiveX controls to go through a screening process I would not be charging 85 dollars to remove 500 pieces of spyware from her 5 month old computer (yes she has SV1).
		Microsoft has always been the leader as far as dynamic content on websites, so don't skimp on this one.
	blogs.msdn.com /ie/archive/2005/07/29/445242.aspx (9278 words)

	Indiacorporatewatch
		Microsoft's past success in hurting such companies and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and businesses that exhibit the potential to threaten Microsoft.
		Microsoft, like many other companies in their heyday, has publicly stated that it aims to "embrace and extend" popular standards and existing work.
		Critics of Microsoft say the company uses EEE to drive competitors out of business by forcing them to use nonstandard and often purportedly problematic technology that Microsoft controls.
	indiacorporatewatch.blogspot.com (6133 words)

	AHD Message Board :: View topic - XBOX 360 Damn Bad News
		Microsofts' Piper Jaffray has just released the results of their research into Microsoft's Xbox 360 launch.
		The company estimates that Microsoft is well-prepared for a November launch in North America and Europe.
		Piper Jaffray predicts Microsoft will ship 1 million units in North America, 400,000 in Europe, and 200,000 in Japan.
	www.mylinuxisp.com /~blkhrtll/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=7249 (736 words)

	Microsoft Certified Professional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A MicrosoftCertifiedProfessional (MCP) is someone who has passed at least one certification exam for Microsoft's products (e.g.
		Earned certifications are lost whenever Microsoft introduces new versions of their products
		Expensive - each test costs US$125 to take; several tests are required for the valuable certification levels; one must pay for training materials or courses.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?MicrosoftCertifiedProfessional (418 words)

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