] Microsoft Corp. is preparing a major PR assault over
] Windows' perceived security failings in which it will
] criticize Linux for taking too long to fix bugs, we have
] learned.
]
] In a sign that the inroads made by the Open Source
] community are starting to rattle the software giant,
] Microsoft has hired several analysts to review how fast
] holes are patched in the open source software and is
] expected to announce that Windows compares favorably.

Is anyone really going to believe this?

InfoWorld: Microsoft prepares security assault on Linux: November 11, 2003: By Kieren McCarthy, Techworld.com: Security

] A new type of CD released by Sony Music tries to lure
] listeners into buying copy-controlled music discs by
] offering bonus features and in-built compatibility with
] portable music players.

When will they ever learn...

New Sony Copy-Protected CDs

]
] Here is IBM's Memorandum in Support of its Second Motion
] to Compel Discovery. IBM is doing some very fine legal
] work. I'm enjoying the learning experience. You don't get
] to see really skilled legal work every day, even if you
] work in the field.
]
] You know how sometimes at a concert, you will see the
] other musicians watching one of the group doing something
] particularly outstanding and you can see that even though
] they are playing themselves, they are also noting and
] really admiring what the guy is doing? It's a little bit
] like that for me, watching IBM's lawyers at work. It's
] impressive to watch the detail work, how they seem to
] catch everything, so many levels of strategy, and how
] they turn SCO's own words against them. It's all very
] calm and cool, but at the same time aggressive. The two
] sides are not friends, that is obvious. I guess I would
] characterize it as complex, careful steam roller, and
] while I'm busy doing my own work, sometimes I just have
] to take a moment and enjoy watching them do what they do.

IBM is starting to turn the thumbscrews....

GROKLAW

] The SEC filing confirms that Microsoft, which has much to
] gain from dissuading businesses from adopting Linux, has
] paid at least two sums to SCO to licence Unix, the second
] for $8m.

Not really news...

vnunet.com Microsoft millions back SCO case

]
] SCO isn't putting out press releases like it used to.
] Surely it wants you to know that it has cooked up yet
] another way to be loathsome to Linux.
]
] It will expand its licensing program (because it's been
] such a success, I'm sure) and now they will be "offering
] a migration path" so their customers can escape Linux and
] return to proprietary operating systems. Note the plural,
] please. Like, for example, Unix, even a competitor's
] Unix. Some say they mean Microsoft. Well, well. Why ever
] might they want to send their customers to Microsoft?

Speaking of huffing glue...

The latest nonsense from sco

]
] WASHINGTON - Regulators disclosed a new legal campaign
] Thursday against an annoying method for delivering
] unwanted ``pop-up'' Internet advertisements, accusing a
] California company of ``high-tech extortion'' in its
] offers for software to block the very ads it was sending.

Yay! FTC is finally starting to go after these assholes!

FTC cracking down on 'Windows Messaging' spam

] Taiwanese chipmaker Silicon Integrated Systems will help
] create input/output chips for the Xbox, another
] significant step in the makeover of Microsoft's gaming
] box.

Microsoft selects SIS for Xbox chipset | CNET News.com

] WASHINGTON -- To the dismay of consumer advocates, the
] Federal Communications Commission has voted to mandate
] technology that prevents users from sharing
] copy-protected digital broadcasts.

PCWorld.com - FCC Endorses Built-In Copy Controls

] With eyes fixed on the burgeoning Linux enterprise
] market, networking software specialist Novell (Quote,
] Chart) on Tuesday announced plans to shell out $210
] million in cash to acquire Germany's SUSE Linux AG.

Novell's still in the game!

Novell Acquires SUSE and IBM Tosses In

] Microsoft on Monday said it would use IBM chips in its
] next generation Xbox game and consumer electronics
] devices, dealing a blow to Intel and providing a much
] needed boost for IBM's lossmaking chip business.

Whoa...

FT.com / Business / US