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LXer: How Microsoft Got its OS Declared an “Open System” and Wound Up in Government

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 2005

[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein
for this link. ]

“Six years ago, one of the most incriminating articles I had
read about ‘dirty tricks; disappeared from the Internet. I made the
article the center piece of an investigative piece I wrote
concerning how I thought Microsoft attempted to destroy UNIX and
would go after Linux…

“If you read this article, you will recognize the players even
though ten years have passed. These games have not stopped and may
never stop. History repeats itself. Monopolists are almost
impossible to unseat without the will of Congress, the
Administration and the Courts and ultimately each and every one of
us…”

Complete
Story

Related Story:
LXer:
Did Bill Gates Invent Linux and Has He Erased the Evidence?
(Oct
24, 2005)

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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