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	Microsoft Piracy Checks Anger Users, Some Say 'Windows Genuine Advantage' Tool Goes Too Far - CBS News
		Microsoft still offers important security fixes even if the company alleges the version of Windows is pirated, although those users can't get non-security downloads, such as a test version of the new Internet Explorer browser.
		While Microsoft had told users the new software would gather information related to piracy, some people became alarmed when they discovered that the software also was performing a daily check-in with the company.
		Microsoft said the daily "call home" was a safety measure designed to let the company shut the program down quickly if something went wrong.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/06/business/main1868294.shtml (597 words)

	Bill Gates discusses Microsoft controversy with lawmakers \| News \| Advocate.com
		Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has urged Washington State's congressional delegation to push for policies that improve worker training, relax immigration limits, and increase trade with China and other countries.
		Critics say Microsoft caved to pressure from a local pastor who threatened to launch a nationwide boycott over the issue and that the company then tried to tiptoe away from a bill it had previously supported.
		Asked about the controversy by Rep. Jay Inslee, a Democrat from Washington State, Gates told lawmakers that gay rights was simply not part of Microsoft's legislative agenda for the year.
	www.advocate.com /news_detail.asp?id=16239 (457 words)

	Microsoft freebie ignites controversy - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au
		Laptops that Microsoft sent free to authors of popular weblogs had the 'blogosphere' abuzz with controversy regarding the propriety of the gifts.
		Microsoft told AFP that it was routine for it to send software or hardware to reviewers, and that it merely extended the practice to the blogosphere.
		"Microsoft believes in the power of blogger community and has been engaged with this community for quite some time for the launch of Windows Vista," the company said in a statement.
	www.smh.com.au /news/biztech/microsoft-freebie-ignites-controversy/2006/12/30/1166895509742.html (576 words)

	MS virus clean-up tool sparks controversy
		Microsoft hopes the tool will be widely used and is releasing it free of charge.
		Microsoft advises users to use third party anti-virus scanners and advocates Windows XP SP2 as a defence against viral infection.
		It will be interesting to watch how well Microsoft performs in the update / patch management process, where speed is essential to minimise damage from a virus outbreak, compared with the big AV vendors who have years of experience in producing and testing virus signatures quickly," he said.
	www.securityfocus.com /news/10261 (407 words)

	The Microsoft Controversy
		As the turn of the century and a new millenium approaches, Microsoft has recently feared that their long lasting monopoly may come to an end.
		Microsoft is now attempting to force all PC makers to bundle the Internet Explorer browser with their Windows operating system.
		Microsoft's explanation of the forceful action is that they are offering a way for all computers worldwide to be united by one system.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/dmattson/micro.html (680 words)

	'Smart Tags' link to another Microsoft controversy
		Microsoft said the new feature will be turned off by default in the initial release, meaning users will have to choose to use it.
		Microsoft also will allow third parties to build their own Smart Tags, Sullivan said, so companies could have the tags link directly to their own Web site, rather than the MSN site.
		Microsoft also introduced Smart Tags into Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook and other applications as part of Office XP, the latest version of its office software package.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2001-06-08-microsoft-smart-tags.htm (490 words)

	Does Microsoft's settlement fever signal IP offensive? \| Tech News on ZDNet
		Microsoft's $536 million settlement with rival Novell is certain to raise eyebrows, as the agreement is another in a closely packed string of settlements that the software giant has reached with opposing litigants in the past year.
		Microsoft has other outstanding legal challenges, including the $1 billion antitrust suit filed by RealNetworks last year; its ongoing deliberations with the European Union, the newly announced suit from Novell, and, according to Microsoft spokesperson Jim Desler, at least 30 other patent infringement suits against the company.
		How Microsoft can do this is explained in a column I wrote earlier this year -- a column that I followed up with a speculative blog entry suggesting that by publishing the stand-still agreement, Sun may have put certain open source profiteers on notice.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5444527.html (1243 words)

	Microsoft Statement on Sunbelt Claims to GIANT Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While the terms of acquisition and legal agreements made by Giant prior to the acquisition are confidential, Microsoft would like to clarify some of the issues that have been raised regarding the ownership terms of the anti-spyware technology acquired by Microsoft.
		Microsoft's upcoming beta solution for spyware, and any product offerings that Microsoft may subsequently deliver based on Giant technology, will be owned solely by Microsoft, and in no way will be co-owned by any third party.
		Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
	www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2004/dec04/1217statement.mspx (338 words)

	CNN.com - Technology - Microsoft in China: Clash of titans - February 23, 2000
		Microsoft is perceived by many consumers and the government as an arrogant foreign giant out to use its brand to dominate the software market and tap the country for profits, several observers said.
		Microsoft's response to piracy is a key issue on which its reputation rests in China.
		Microsoft is being challenged by a number of product-related issues at the same time that it has come under fire as a company, some observers said.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/computing/02/23/microsoft.china.idg (2339 words)

	Hearts of Controversy - Alice Meynell - Microsoft Reader eBook
		Microsoft Reader eBooks are compatible with both Windows 98 or newer computers as well as Pocket PC handheld devices.
		This Microsoft Reader eBooks allows very limited copy and paste, generally only of one sentence at a time.
		This Microsoft Reader eBooks is transferable to any computer or Pocket PC that you own.
	www.ebookmall.com /ebook/3974-ebook.htm (520 words)

	Open source: Rebels at the gate \| CNET News.com
		Today, Microsoft claims to "love" the open-source concept, by which software code is made public to encourage improvement and development by outside programmers.
		Microsoft customers say the software giant has already made significant changes, such as sharing source code with large customers and launching a "trustworthy computing" initiative to button-up troublesome security holes in its software.
		Microsoft executives acknowledge the rising threat but, mindful of the popularity of Linux and open source among their customers, have tempered their comments.
	news.com.com /2009-1001-961354.html (1984 words)

	USENIX ;login: - Microsoft "Embraces and Extends" Kerberos V5
		A lot of excitement was generated by Microsoft's announcement that NT 5.0 would use Kerberos, followed by a lot of controversy when Microsoft announced that it would be adding proprietary extensions to the Kerberos V5 protocol.
		For the first time, Microsoft revealed that it had chosen to implement the NT Domain Controller in such a way that the Active Directory Server and the Microsoft KDC run in the same process space, and that NT clients cannot be configured to split a Domain Controller across two machines.
		Microsoft should be commended for using a mature industry standard such as Kerberos for its authentication protocol.
	www.usenix.org /publications/login/1997-11/embraces.html (609 words)

	The Controversy
		By designing a custom form of Java, Microsoft created an additional [code] barrier, making it all but impossible for other software developing companies to write programs for use with computers utilizing Microsoft’s operating system – and, with a huge majority of all computers installed with the Microsoft system, complete exclusion was the result.
		Adding to the U.S. government's complaint was its assertion that the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browsing software (integrated within Microsoft’s Windows operating system), rose to the level of exclusionary behavior with the results of this integration yielding higher price burdens on computer manufacturers.
		In response, Microsoft explained this business behavior as a simple enhancement to its Windows offering, as if to consider this simply an add-on benefit for improving the personal computing experience, one which would be more user-friendly including the simplification resulting from this integration (Gilbert, Richard and Michael L. Katz 35).
	www.duke.edu /~ajs7/controversy.htm (589 words)

	Microsoft's $40 billion bet - Apr. 12, 2002
		At Microsoft's sprawling Redmond, Wash. complex, the word "slowdown" is being openly discussed, casting a chill over the world's largest software company.
		While some of Microsoft's slide can be attributed to the recession, there is clearly something more fundamental at work.
		At the end of last year, according to the company's most recent filings, its cash (and short-term investments that can be converted to cash in less than a year) totaled a whopping $38.2 billion.
	money.cnn.com /2002/04/12/pf/agenda_msft (748 words)

	A visual timeline of the Microsoft-Novell controversy: Page 1
		Microsoft also vowed to invest $34 million over five years to create a sales force to promote combined Linux/Windows solutions and an additional $12 million a year for other marketing costs.
		Microsoft quickly shot back, and issued its own statement saying that the companies "agreed to disagree" about potential infringement and the alleged presence of Microsoft's intellectual property of Linux.
		After the public disagreement between Microsoft and Novell, Red Hat executive Mark Webbink decided to fan the flames with a blog entry accusing Novell of appeasement, drawing an analogy between the Microsoft/Novell agreement and the Munich Agreement of 1938 which surrendered a portion of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany without the authorization of the Czech government.
	arstechnica.com /articles/columns/linux/linux-20070128.ars (1079 words)

	Microsoft effort to correct Wikipedia entry creates controversy : Internet
		He said a full disclosure was part of the deal as otherwise he would not have been interested in the offer.
		A spokesperson for Microsoft acknowledged the company had approached Jelliffe but said no money had changed hands.
		The views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of earthtimes.org and we accept no responsibility for the views or opinions expressed in the articles either direct or indirect.
	www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/23786.html (423 words)

	Microsoft Monitor: Microsoft Monitor
		Microsoft concurrently released Office 95 with Windows 95, ushering in the first 32-bit applications (technically, the operating system was pseudo 32-bit, but remembrances are supposed to be about the good stuff).
		Microsoft certainly needs to rally business and consumer interest in Windows Vista and Office 12, convincing them that their current versions aren't good enough.
		Microsoft's business is highly dependent on its partner ecosystem, which I argue is not sustainable with continued competition with partners.
	weblogs.jupiterresearch.com /msft (17465 words)

	A List Apart: Articles: Much Ado About Smart Tags
		Microsoft has attempted to allay the fears of designers, authors and developers by assuring us there will be a meta tag to disable smart tags on any page in which it is included.
		Microsoft is quick to point out that users are in complete control of the smart tags on their systems.
		Microsoft has extended the hyperlink, and rather than using xLinks, the W3C’s proposed extended linking model, they’ve gone off in their own direction – a direction that limits the most useful functionality (anything beyond what could be accomplished with an ordinary hyperlink) to those created using Windows-only technology.
	www.alistapart.com /articles/smarttags (8004 words)

	Mailbag: Readers weigh in on the hottest Microsoft/Linux controversy yet - Network World
		I will make one prediction following the recent controversy around Microsoft's patent-violation claims against Linux: we will see a surge in shipments of new computer keyboards, as angry Linux users wear theirs out, posting their umbrage in responses to last weeks' newsletter on the hottest Microsoft/Linux controversy yet.
		Microsoft earlier this month asserted, in an article published in Fortune Magazine that Linux, and other open source technologies, violate over 200 patents held by Microsoft, from kernel operating system, to desktop interface and office applications.
		Microsoft has said "Linux and open source pose no threat to Microsoft," says one reader, who goes on to say "Where was [the controversy] when Microsoft's was accused of stealing code from the likes of Stac Electronics and others in the past?
	www.networkworld.com /newsletters/linux/2007/0528linux1.html?fsrc=rss-microsoft (1159 words)

	business.iafrica.com \| features The Microsoft Controversy
		Janine: I think Microsoft should be broken up into smaller companies because I think the service would improve and they would be able to talk to each other on a better level, rather than all working for the same company.
		If Microsoft was a three-entity business with a very core focused unit that was R&D-specific, it would probably be an absolute killer.
		Microsoft itself should said say - okay guys we'll do it in the interests of ourselves, our shareholders and most importantly, our customers.
	business.iafrica.com /features/19391.htm (609 words)

	Abstract/Bio
		Microsoft has been silent on the Terms of Use controversy and has issued neither Press Releases nor White Papers discussing their position.
		The original controversial Microsoft Terms of Use agreement has been withdrawn (at least in the United States) and presumably will not be enforced by Microsoft.
		Microsoft PR spokesperson Tom Pilla explained to us, as we were organizing this Colloquium, that the posted Terms of Use that touched off the controversy were "outdated" and that they should have been replaced because they had been superseded by the privacy policy statement with its TRUSTe privacy certification.
	www.stanford.edu /class/ee380/Abstracts/010411.html (598 words)

	THE MICROSOFT CONTROVERSY
		Microsoft also submitted declarations from independent software application developers explaining the benefits to the industry of integrating Web functionality into the operating system.
		On December 15, Microsoft announced it would appeal the Court's preliminary injunction, on the grounds that it was an error for the court.
		On December 17, Microsoft sent a letter to the Department of Justice demonstrating that the company was complying fully with the court's order, refuting the DOJ's allegations that Microsoft was not in compliance.
	filebox.vt.edu /c/cnichols/WebPage.htm (909 words)

	IT Architect \| Emerging Technology: Microsoft's Passport to Controversy \| March 4, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Through.NET, Microsoft is betting that XML will revolutionize the way businesses share and manipulate data, and that developers and businesses will flock to Microsoft for XML-enabling products.
		Microsoft's strategy of XML everywhere is centered on developer's tools such as Visual Studio.NET and C#.
		Microsoft hopes to entice Web surfers to use Passport's SSI service to free them from remembering multiple user names and passwords for every Web site that requires signing in.
	www.itarchitect.com /article/NMG20020304S0003 (1445 words)

	Web Metrics Firm Caught In Microsoft Controversy - E-business & Business Technology News by TechWeb
		Because of the findings, Microsoft asked that the results not be made public, the newspaper said.
		The latest controversy reflects the intense competition building between Microsoft and Google, which the software maker considers a key rival on the Internet.
		Microsoft plans to eventually allow MSN advertisers to go beyond a browser and PC to mobile devices and Internet-based television, called IPTV.
	www.techweb.com /wire/ebiz/171100330;jsessionid=BOARTQ51NUH04QSNDBNSKH0CJUMEKJVN (980 words)

	Microsoft Sent An Acer Ferrari Laptop With Windows Vista \| Laughing Squid
		Speaking of which, on December 20th I received an email from Edelman, the PR firm that is handling the launch of Windows Vista, letting me know that Microsoft is sending me a “present” in the form of a laptop with Windows Vista installed on it, “no strings attached”.
		MICROSOFT sent the free laptop to Scott, Scott is NOT the one giving away the laptops.
		Man Microsoft got a lot of free pr over this little stunt and seems they still are.
	laughingsquid.com /microsoft-sent-a-free-laptop-with-windows-vista (5728 words)

	Microsoft Monitor: Out with the Name Blame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In addition, Microsoft Monitor helps business and enterprise users discover which strategies are most successful in dealing with Microsoft and how to best exploit the customer relationship.
		The Microsoft Monitor Weblog is a companion to Jupiter's Microsoft Monitor Research Service and provides additional news, analysis and insight relevant to the areas most important for Microsoft's growth in both the business and consumer marketplaces.
		And if RSS proliferates the way Microsoft envisions, it will largely become invisible the way HTML is today--used by many applications and in ways not necessarily obvious to the users.
	www.microsoftmonitor.com /archives/009849.html (737 words)

	Anonymizer Anti Spyware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the end of 1997, Microsoft acquired Hotmail, the first and most anonymizer anti spyware popular webmail service.
		Viruses form when molecules are assembled together to provide complex structures, and the self-assembly of anonymizer anti spyware viruses has implications for study of the origin of life.
		Thus, patent protection in multiple countries require separate filings of patent applications in each country, or region, spyware anti virus software where protection is sought.
	anti-spyware.tabrays.com /anonymizer-anti-spyware.html (972 words)

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