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	Criticism of Microsoft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Criticism of the company has resulted in it being deemed "the evil empire" by some.
		Another concern of critics is that Microsoft is may be using the distribution of shared source software to harvest names of developers who have been exposed to Microsoft code, as some believe that these developers could someday be the target of lawsuits if they were ever to participate in the development of competing products.
		Negotiations between Microsoft and the Commission broke down in March 2004, and the company was subsequently handed down a record fine of €497 million ($613 million) for its breaches of EU competition law.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_criticisms_of_Microsoft (4809 words)

	Windows vs. Linux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Microsoft claims the reason Windows is often subject to more vulnerabilities is because Windows runs on a greater percentage of computers (85% overall), making it an easier target.
		Microsoft claims that because their operating system is closed-source it provides security by obscurity where flaws in the code are not as visible for crackers to take advantage of.
		Many people criticize Windows's approach, claiming that use of the swap file should be avoided when possible, because of the bottleneck encountered during reading and writing to the hard disk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microsoft_vs._Linux (2764 words)

	Microsoft Deletes More Antitrust Opponents
		Since Microsoft, whose Windows operating system dominates much of the software world, was declared a monopoly by the U.S., the Redmond, Wash., giant has spent about $3 billion to settle legal disputes with a long list of rivals and numerous class-action suits accusing it of overcharging consumers.
		Microsoft and Novell were in private mediation over the impact of Microsoft's NT operating system on Novell's NetWare during the 1990s.
		Commenting on the Novell case, Microsoft Chief Counsel Brad Smith said: "Clearly, there is less need for the EU to persist with its lawsuit against Microsoft when virtually all of the competitors say their issues have been resolved to their satisfaction.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/tech/software/10193209.html (831 words)

	DOJ/Antitrust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Microsoft reversed course in July 1995 because it concluded that bundling Windows 95 and IE was the "most effective way" to diminish Navigator's threat to the operating system monopoly.
		Microsoft's numerous and varied actions against Navigator had no justification except the expectation that the entry or expansion of rivals into the market for Intel-compatible PC operating systems would be blocked or delayed through the preservation of barriers to entry in that market.
		Microsoft's binding of IE to Windows, in short, was pure bolting, which caused the very harms targeted by tying law: substantial impairment of consumer choice on the merits between browsers, to the detriment of non-Microsoft browsers and the market as a whole.
	www.usdoj.gov /atr/cases/f7400/7425.htm (15017 words)

	Microsoft Says Breakup Is Unjustified
		While Microsoft argued before a U.S. appeals court Monday that it did not illegally stifle competitors, judges peppered lawyers on both sides of the case with questions about the legal arguments that led to the company's court-ordered breakup.
		Microsoft, known for its Windows operating system, its Internet Explorer browser and Word processing program, is appealing a judge's order that the company be split in two.
		"Microsoft, as it is presently organized and led, is unwilling to accept the notion that it broke the law," Jackson said.
	www.speakout.com /activism/news/5659-1.html (554 words)

	The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Microsoft announces $536 million settlement with Novell
		Microsoft previously spent $2.4 billion settling antitrust and other claims by AOL Time Warner Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc., both significant supporters of the European case.
		Microsoft, one of the most widely held securities, predicted today in financial disclosure documents that it still could face up to $950 million in exposure for remaining antitrust claims, including the court cases expected or already filed by Novell and RealNetworks Inc.
		Microsoft restated its first-quarter financial results to reflect today's announcements, adjusting net income down to $2.53 billion and earnings per share to 23 cents.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2002085156_websettlements08.html (586 words)

	eclecticism: Microsoft vs. the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that enough is enough, and are taking steps to combat this type of hoax.
		Microsoft has issued a tech note explaining that the most effective way to be sure that you are visiting the sites you really want to visit is to simply type the address into IE's address bar manually.
		Meme proposal: YAAMR: A proposal for the 'net community at large, and for Microsoft, in an effort to make complaints about/criticisms of Microsoft and its software easier to collect and analyze, with the intent of letting any concerned party at Microsoft sift through them at will for subjects relevant to their area of expertise.
	www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2004/01/microsoft_vs_th.html (871 words)

	Microsoft not budging on antitrust case
		Microsoft last Wednesday issued what the company thought would be its final response to the U.S. government's proposal to split the software titan into two separate companies, paving the way for District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to issue a final ruling in the case at any time.
		The filing also addressed government criticisms of Microsoft's last-minute "offer of proof" submitted last week, in which it listed evidence and witnesses (such as Compaq CEO Michael Capellas) that Microsoft would have presented had it been given more time to argue against the breakup.
		Microsoft said the offer of proof had been prepared for use only if Judge Jackson chose to terminate the remedies phase of the trial without further hearings.
	www.networkworld.com /archive/2000/98450_06-05-2000.html (554 words)

	KOMO : Microsoft Announces $536 Million Settlement With Novell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A key ruling on sanctions against Microsoft is expected as early as this month.
		Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, said his company was ready for that court fight.
		Microsoft has spent more than $3 billion in cash, software vouchers and legal fees in recent years to settle antitrust and patent lawsuits.
	www.komotv.com /news/printstory.asp?id=33858 (420 words)

	Gates v. Reno: Microsoft's Antitrust Woes
		Microsoft notes that the court order gave Microsoft the right to innovate and extend its operating system, by increasing the operating system's "functionalities." Web browsers help people search for information and organize it, and Microsoft therefore believes that they should be part of the operating system.
		Microsoft merely insisted that Internet Explorer not be deleted, Murray said, as part of the functionality of a whole Windows operating system.
		Microsoft CEO Bill Gates remarked, "This is called capitalism." While the idea of a million dollar a day fine may sound impressive, Gates, who is personally worth around $38 billion, said he would comply with a court ruling rather than pay a cent.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/headlines/content/1997110501.html (2193 words)

	Microsoft responds to criticisms that new software uses "surzhyk" (01/19/03) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Microsoft marketing director for Ukraine explained that only Microsoft's Office XP software is currently available in Ukrainian, and is limited to the Word and Excel programs.
		Microsoft eventually signed an agreement with Ukraine's Ministry of Education to produce Office XP in the Ukrainian language for the benefit of Ukrainian schools, many of which are computerized today.
		Kazban underscored that the latest Microsoft initiative to explore a Ukrainian version of the more popular Windows version was not prompted by outside forces, but this time came from within the company itself.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2003/030306.shtml (554 words)

	Japan's Attack on Microsoft - Mises Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Though the Japanese case has been resolved without litigation, on close examination the criticisms of Microsoft are no more warranted in Japan than in the U.S. In November, 1998, Japan's FTC called on Microsoft Japan to consider whether its practices were illegal under the Antimonopoly Law.
		The agency suspected that Microsoft Japan forced personal computer manufactures to accept a contract by which Microsoft Japan licensed the shipping of its spreadsheet software Excel only when the Japanese version of its word-processing software, Word, was licensed with it.
		After all, Microsoft Japan was being charged with practices very similar to those for which Microsoft was taken to court in the U.S. However, we cannot and should not think that the Japanese FTC administers its Antimonopoly Law generously.
	www.mises.org /fullstory.aspx?control=381&id=80 (986 words)

	Microsoft to Oracle: Cease and desist \| Tech News on ZDNet
		The recent war of words between Microsoft and Oracle is hardly the first clash between the two in the database space.
		Earlier this summer, Oracle had a hand in toppling Microsoft from its spot atop the TPC-C heap, according to sources close to the benchmarking process.
		In the interim months, Microsoft resubmitted its SQL Server 2000/Windows 2000 configuration to the TPC-C and currently reigns as No. 1 in the TPC-C rankings.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-525059.html (764 words)

	Techdirt: Bug-Zapping, Microsoft Style
		Microsoft is certainly making a big show of how they're making their software more secure.
		On the marketing side, they have someone who's job it is to go out and respond to Microsoft bashers about their security (assuming those bashers write for a major publication, it appears).
		Until Microsoft stops doinking around with its code (which will be never, since it has to keep selling upgrades), the code will not stabilize.
	www.techdirt.com /articles/20030521/1030242.shtml (620 words)

	Microsoft's Trials
		Microsoft's mammoth $1.1 billion California class-action settlement remains unchanged as the court rebuffs a remaining appeal over the terms of the payout.
		Microsoft has five weeks to respond to the Commission's statement of objections, after which the Commission, after consulting with advisory committees, will then make a decision whether to impose the fine of up to $2.37 million a day on Microsoft.
		Microsoft is trying to reverse the $521 million verdict that startup Eolas won in the patent-infringement case.
	www.eweek.com /category2/0,1738,1551475,00.asp (2820 words)

	Idealog: Follow up to Citizen Microsoft
		• Microsoft routinely tells Seattle’s mainstream media that it pays nearly $500 million in taxes - but this figure is misleading because it combines the taxes paid by Microsoft, its employees and even the companies and employees that benefit from Microsoft’s presence in the state.
		Microsoft began charging fees for digital camera and flash media manufacturers to use their FAT file system patent which was recently overturned by the patent office.
		While I agree, I think Citizen Microsoft served an important role in informing Seattle and greater-Washington readers that while Microsoft was encouraging voters to increase sales taxes to pay for education, it was simultaneously legally evading hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.
	www.idealog.us /2004/10/follow_up_to_ci.html (2541 words)

	More scrutiny for Microsoft - Jan. 13, 1998
		Microsoft said the issue was more complicated than Jackson's demonstration indicated.
		The Justice Department is basing many of its criticisms of Microsoft on the 1995 consent decree.
		In that decree, Microsoft said it would make changes so that it would not use its strong market share to create software monopolies.
	money.cnn.com /1998/01/13/technology/microsoft (501 words)

	Humor at Microsoft's Expense
		Microsoft is not usually considered (by anyone that has even a faint clue) to be a significant innovator in the computer industry.
		Making the release of a new OS into a circus exhibit for all of the worlds mental midgets to attend, so that their microscopic little minds can be filled with visions of Microsofting themselves into a higher level of stupidity.
		At one time, Microsoft considered that Unix was the OS to use for "server" systems, and that MS-DOS was preferred for single-user desktops.
	cbbrowne.com /info/msfunny.html (1362 words)

	Researchers: Microsoft's dominance poses major security challenge - Computerworld
		A group of seven prominent IT security researchers yesterday released a report harshly critical of Microsoft Corp.'s "monopoly" in the software industry, arguing that a reliance by "nearly everyone" on Microsoft products has created monolithic IT infrastructures that are less secure than enterprises relying on multiple operating systems.
		Microsoft is a founding member of the group.
		Sean Sundwall, a Microsoft spokesman, declined to comment on any political motivations behind the report, but said Microsoft considers security to be "an absolute top priority" for all of its customers.
	www.computerworld.com /securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,85358,00.html (1566 words)

	ABC News: Microsoft, Government Plot Next Moves
		June 29 Microsoft is still in one piece, for now.
		Indeed, the ruling was hardly unabated good news for Microsoft.
		"I'm pleased to say that the court unanimously found that Microsoft engaged in unlawful conduct to maintain its dominate position in the computer operating systems," said Attorney General John Ashcroft at a press conference Thursday afternoon.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/story?id=88011&page=1 (247 words)

	Microsoft responds to criticisms over new NT 5.0 delays
		Microsoft said delays to its Windows NT 5.0 beta programme, revealed on Monday, were part of its effort to ensure the software had as many bugs removed in testing as possible.
		A spokesperson said more than 10,000 organisations would be testing beta two of the workstation and server products when it becomes available later in the summer.
		Microsoft claimed these timescales were not damaging to users' migration plans as they gave them up to nine months to plan the rollout of the full version of NT 5.0 from the time they received the feature complete second beta.
	www.vnunet.com /articles/print/2099307 (208 words)

	Joel on Software
		Even though they tried to tell application developers that we needed to move to MSDE/Sql Server Express, we know that our customers want their data in a single file and don't want to have to install and administer SQL Server just to get to that file.
		The fact that it's 2005 and I can't buy a relational database from Microsoft that has full text search integrated natively and completely, and that works just as well as "LIKE" clauses, is really kind of depressing.
		A very senior Microsoft developer who moved to Google told me that Google works and thinks at a higher level of abstraction than Microsoft.
	www.joelonsoftware.com /items/2005/10/17.html (1098 words)

	Microsoft: Palladium Fears Are Based On Rumor, Speculation - The Community's Center for Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Johannes Faustus submits Criticisms of Microsoft's Palladium security initiative are rumors and speculation about technology that won't even be ready to hit the market for years, the company said.
		It will use a security processor attached to a PC motherboard, along with a subsystem of the Windows operating system, called the Nexus, to allow users to create a highly secure virtual space to store sensitive data and run sensitive applications.
		But critics suspect a hidden agenda to prevent PCs from running Linux and other competing operating systems, force application developers to pay fees to Microsoft to write Windows applications, and gain control over users' data.
	www.linuxsecurity.com /content/view/113714/65 (302 words)

	NetAction: Micro$oft Monitor 23
		NetAction is asking everyone who is concerned about Microsoft's growing monopoly to fax and/or phone the committee to thank the members for holding the hearing and pushing for a full review of Microsoft's practices, and also to ask that more consumer voices be included in the committee's deliberations.
		While hearing from Microsoft's industry competitors is important, consumer and non-industry technology users have different and equally important concerns about the dangers of Microsoft's proprietary approaches.
		This is a critical time in our campaign, so we urge you to take a few minutes right now to use the NetAction fax server, and/or call the Senate Judiciary committee members.
	www.netaction.org /monitor/mon23.html (568 words)

	The page cannot be found (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
		Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
		Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/common_criticisms_of_micr... (121 words)

	Microsoft To Pay Novell $536M - CBS News
		Learn the history of the software giant, review the government's antitrust case and follow its latest legal battles.
		(AP) Clearing more legal challenges, Microsoft Corp. announced important settlements Monday with rival Novell Inc. for $536 million and with a Washington-based trade organization that had aggressively backed landmark antitrust cases against Microsoft by the U.S. government and European Union.
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	uttm.com /stories/2004/11/08/tech/main654337.shtml (563 words)

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