Microsoft gouging Brazilians for 20 percent of income
Ever wonder why Brazil and other BRIC countries are so hot on open source, including Linux? Gustavo Duarte gives several reasons, not the least of which is the punitive pricing that Microsoft inflicts...
View ArticleEggs Thrown at Steve Ballmer (New Video)
Eggs thrown at Microsoft's CEO in Hungary in protest of Microsoft tax... I thinkread more
View ArticleMicrosoft tax on Linux’s horizon ?
How can you compete with free ? That’s the question every business publication has been asking to Microsoft lately. Of course priceless software is actractive per-se, so many online journalist and...
View ArticleMS vs EU: Microsoft does not control Windows anymore
I was quite surprised when I learned that some peoples at JCXP wanted to boycott the opera browser because of the EU actions against Microsoft regarding the bundling of IE 8. The problem is that their...
View ArticleAmazon UK refunding Windows license fees
Alan Lord, a FOSS computer consultant based in the UK, has announced that Amazon UK honored his request for a refund of the Microsoft license fee portion of the cost of a new Asus netbook PC that came...
View ArticleLiMo Phones to Avoid: Vodafone 360 H1 (Samsung)
Another Microsoft-taxed Linux phone debuts; Microsoft's CEO says Microsoft "screwed up with Windows Mobile"
View ArticleEmbedding ‘Microsoft Tax’ in Linux, Using Mono
Advice to those wishing to free Linux and remove all Microsoft tax from it (hint: avoid vendors that pay Microsoft for Linux)
View ArticleMicrosoft Tries to Prevent Asus, Acer from Using Android, ChromeOS
If you can't compete, litigate. This train of thought has been quite prevalent among major technology companies as of late, most notably by Apple and Microsoft, who both cannot compete with Android on...
View ArticleLenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too
A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want. The judgment could open the way for PC buyers elsewhere in Europe to...
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