Microsoft
Microsoft, Gates Foundation Timeline
Submitted by James Love on 26. November 2010 - 17:28November 29, 2010
Revised January 4, 2011
Introduction
This timeline contains a number of selected data points concerning Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The motivations for this timeline, which features entries for both Microsoft and the BMGF, are several.
KEI statement to Committee on Development and Intellectual Property on WIPO project on IP and Competition Policy
Submitted by thiru on 24. November 2010 - 9:43Knowledge Ecology International made the following intervention today at the 6th Session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP).
KEI statement to WIPO CDIP 6 on Agenda item 5Thank you Ambassador and congratulations on your appointment as Chair of this Committee.
Copyright lobby (IIPA) demands that USTR punish governments who 'consider' mandating open source software
Submitted by thiru on 2. March 2010 - 4:38On February 18, 2010, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a trade association whose members include the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) prepared a 498 page submission to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) detailing their concerns with 39 countries or territories which the IIPA believed were not providing adequate and effective protection of their
In their own words: why they oppose the treaty to facilitate access and sharing of works for people with reading disabilities
Submitted by Manon Ress on 20. November 2009 - 21:16Now that we know who are the people opposed to an international treaty to facilitate access and sharing of accessible formats of works for blind people and people with reading disabilities, let’s read what their arguments against the treaty are.
I was able to highlight 10 main arguments and you can check in their own words below if you do not believe me:
Microsoft: What can go wrong
Submitted by James Love on 29. April 2009 - 14:56MICROSOFT CORPORATION, FORM 10-Q For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2009
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described below, that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our common stock.
Wall Street Journal spotlights Microsoft’s government procurement strategy in Africa
Submitted by thiru on 29. October 2008 - 10:00According to a Wall Street Journal piece published on 28 October 2008, Microsoft has engaged in an assiduous campaign to outflank Linux by courting 13 African countries to use its software in government ministries and public schools.
