More EU Governments Upset Over Their Ministers' Vote On Patents

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Governments vote against Microsoft

Governments vote against Microsoft 01/22/2004 02:11 PM
Government customers contribute just a fraction of Microsoft's revenue but cause disproportionate headaches for the company through defections to Linux and open source. Will the urge spread to business customers?

Europeans Punish Governments in Vote

Europeans Punish Governments in Vote 06/13/2004 06:18 PM
Europeans from Estonia to Portugal also sent a strong message of apathy by largely staying away from polling stations.

What India's Upset Vote Reveals: The
High Tech Is Skin Deep

What India's Upset Vote Reveals: The
High Tech Is Skin Deep 05/14/2004 11:54 PM
India's governing party waged the country's first modern electoral campaign, but it was ousted in what has been called "a huge popular rebellion."

EU software patents: how the vote was
won

EU software patents: how the vote was
won 05/19/2004 05:53 AM
No hanging chads, but still a close call

Germany to Vote Against Software Patents
in the EU

Germany to Vote Against Software Patents
in the EU 05/16/2004 02:22 AM

Information Ministers' Meeting

Information Ministers' Meeting 07/22/2004 04:39 AM
Hankooki Jul 22 2004 9:14AM GMT

""the GOP is already calling a vote for
Democrats a vote for bin Laden (or if
you prefer, a vote for Hitler).""

""the GOP is already calling a vote for
Democrats a vote for bin Laden (or if
you prefer, a vote for Hitler)."" 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
Cory Doctorow: Richard Stallman, creator of the Free Software movement, has written a tremendous essay for the Guardian on the risks of software patents. Richard undertakes a gedankenexperiment about "literary patents" and the impact they would have had on Victor Hugo as he sat down to pen Les Miserables.

Now consider this hypothetical literary patent: Claim 1: a communication process that represents, in the mind of a reader, the concept of a character who has been in jail for a long time and subsequently changes his name...

These patents would all cover the story of one character in a novel. They overlap, but they do not precisely duplicate each other, so they could all be valid simultaneously - all the patent holders could have sued Victor Hugo. Any one of them could have prohibited publication of Les Misérables.

You might think these ideas are so simple that no patent office would have issued them. We programmers are often amazed by the simplicity of the ideas that real software patents cover - for instance, the European Patent Office has issued a patent on the progress bar, and one on accepting payment via credit cards. These would be laughable if they were not so dangerous.

Link (Thanks, Phil and Eloisa!)

Munich OSS switch to go ahead, patents
or no patents

Munich OSS switch to go ahead, patents
or no patents 08/12/2004 09:52 AM
Merely paused for thought, says mayor

"A vote for Bush is a vote for a
divided, unstable, paranoid America"

"A vote for Bush is a vote for a
divided, unstable, paranoid America" 08/05/2004 05:00 AM
Baby, we were born to run against Bush More than 20 artists, including Bruce Springsteen, the Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, James Taylor and the Dixie Chicks, announced the launch of a ``Vote For Change'' tour yesterday. "A vote for Bush is a vote for a divided, unstable, paranoid America,'' Dave Matthews said in one of the more strongly worded statement....

"Iraq concedes that anyone the
insurgents don't want to vote won't get
to vote in the upcoming elections, as
Mr. Rumsfeld said and Mr. Allawi either
does or doesn't agree to and Mr.
Armitage denied"

"Iraq concedes that anyone the
insurgents don't want to vote won't get
to vote in the upcoming elections, as
Mr. Rumsfeld said and Mr. Allawi either
does or doesn't agree to and Mr.
Armitage denied" 09/27/2004 02:37 AM

Governments Get Some Sun

Governments Get Some Sun 06/23/2004 12:31 PM
Sun Microsystems intends to target worldwide governmental markets to boost sales.

A vote for kotte.org is actually a vote
for kottke.org (and freedom!)

A vote for kotte.org is actually a vote
for kottke.org (and freedom!) 12/07/2003 04:57 AM
Best Overall Blog? .. decidedly liberal

wizbangblog.com/poll.php#BOB
track this site | 5 links

Vote for a real change, vote ...For
Dummies!

Vote for a real change, vote ...For
Dummies! 05/05/2004 10:48 PM
Sunday Times South Africa May 6 2004 3:26AM GMT

Why can't governments apologize?

Why can't governments apologize? 05/27/2004 10:57 PM

Why is it that governments have so much trouble admitting that they've made mistakes?  Let's take the U.S. government, for example.  Right now we have troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.  We don't seem to be achieving our goals or be welcome in either place.  Why can't we apologize sincerely and go home?

In Afghanistan the U.S. spent a huge amount of effort trying to thwart Soviet control in the late 1970s.  Jimmy Carter sent all kinds of money and weapons to the Islamic rebels so that they could kill Russian kids in uniform.  In retrospect this seems like a bad mistake.  If the Afghanistan had been a Russian possession there would never have been a Taliban and perhaps never an Osama bin-Laden or September 11th.  Could we offer a sincere apology today to the Russians and offer Afghanistan back to them?

Saddam Hussein seems to be alive and well.  The Iraqi people don't like us, if newspaper articles and armed resistance are to be believed.  Why not say to Saddam "We were wrong about your weapons programs and we're sorry for invading and here's your country back?"  Our troops could get on planes in Baghdad and wave goodbye to a restored Saddam.  (We might want to split off an area in the north and give it to the Kurds since we made them some promises back in the early 1990s and it would be good to keep them.)

Governments do this with wrongly convicted criminals.  We say "Sorry for your 15 years in jail.  We didn't have DNA testing back then.  Enjoy the rest of your life."  Why not do this in foreign policy instead of trying to come up with contorted ex-post-facto justifications?

ICANN Doesn't Censor, Governments Do

ICANN Doesn't Censor, Governments Do 06/05/2005 11:44 PM
Corante Jun 4 2005 3:00PM GMT

EU governments mull over treaty

EU governments mull over treaty 05/17/2004 03:08 AM
Governments in the European Union enter a key phase in negotiations for a new constitutional treaty.

How Much Will Pop-Ups Upset Customers?

How Much Will Pop-Ups Upset Customers? 06/11/2002 10:58 AM
"You throw in a pop under for additional revenue?"

dAnAh is upset - again

dAnAh is upset - again 03/14/2005 05:09 PM

So it was about a year ago - that danah boyd got real upset at me for posting an image of a host of a party (we were putting on) having fun. She felt as though it wasn't a very professional way of promoting a 'professional' party.

I stated at the time how full of shit I thought that was - and I even caught danah herself - teh next night - having plenty of fun at some party - so I'm not sure how she differentiates when people can have fun and under what circumstances. Suffice is to say my definition ain't the same as hers. But it appears that she's mapping all her feminist hostility towards me - I guess cause I'm some loud mouthed, large MALE.

So first let me apologize for having a penis.

Now a year later here's danah - all upset at the guidelines for speakers at SXSW. It seems that "Culturally enforced etiquette has never been my thing".

My - how the tables have turned.

So what's the difference between using my friend's photo to promote a party and "culturally enforcing" YOUR view of what YOU think is appropriate?

I say let SXSW do their thing, you do your thing and let's all just get along together!

But at least danah is getting caricatured. That's pretty dam coolio.

I've been caricatured - too.

Upset about Putin

Upset about Putin 09/16/2004 01:19 AM
Scott Rosenberg puts well what should be our dismay about the return of Russia to authoritarianism. Snippet: So what if Russia's "war on terror" is an entirely different conflict from the United States' "war on terror"? Let's roll these conflicts up, unite our enemies and delude ourselves that Russia's decade-long war with Chechen guerrillas is morally aligned with the U.S.'s struggle against the perpetrators of 9/11. Yup, President Bush looked into "Pooty-poot's" soul and saw a good man. Now we see what happens when you base politics on appearances instead of facts.....

Microsoft to Brief Governments on
Security Threats

Microsoft to Brief Governments on
Security Threats 02/05/2005 09:15 PM
In an effort to fend off the growing threat of governments considering open source software due to continued security flaws in Windows, Microsoft has launched a new initiative to keep governmental organizations in the loop. Through its Security Cooperation Program, Microsoft will provide information on vulnerabilities not yet available to the public.

Microsoft lets governments into Office

Microsoft lets governments into Office 09/19/2004 05:44 PM
The productivity package is added to the program that allows governments to see Microsoft source code.

Microsoft opens up Office - to
governments

Microsoft opens up Office - to
governments 09/20/2004 06:53 AM
The Register Sep 20 2004 11:31AM GMT

Growth of Linux in Business and
Governments

Growth of Linux in Business and
Governments 03/30/2005 11:31 AM

The Open Source Dilemma for Governments

The Open Source Dilemma for Governments 01/05/2004 02:51 PM
Sam Hiser writes "Tom Adelstein, open source consultant and Member of the Open Government Interoperability Project ("OGIP") working group, offers another ...

Governments pass a message to Microsoft

Governments pass a message to Microsoft 01/22/2004 03:24 PM
ZDNet Jan 22 2004 7:17PM GMT

Microsoft opens up Office for
governments

Microsoft opens up Office for
governments 09/20/2004 01:28 PM
silicon.com Sep 20 2004 5:11PM GMT

Microsoft gives governments a more open
Office

Microsoft gives governments a more open
Office 09/21/2004 08:14 AM
Computer Business Review Sep 21 2004 12:44PM GMT

Microsoft to Share Code With Governments

Microsoft to Share Code With Governments 09/21/2004 12:56 AM
Washington Post Sep 21 2004 3:32AM GMT

Does Google help governments censor
results?

Does Google help governments censor
results? 04/30/2004 02:12 AM

Wired Magazine, January 2003

Brin was no expert on international diplomacy. So he ordered a half-dozen books about Chinese history, business, and politics on Amazon.com and splurged on overnight shipping. He consulted with Schmidt, Page, and David Drummond, Google's general counsel and head of business development, then put in a call to tech industry doyenne Esther Dyson for advice and contacts. Google has no offices in China, so Brin enlisted go-betweens to get the message to Chinese authorities that Google would be very interested in working out a compromise to restore access. "We didn't want to do anything rash," Brin says. "The situation over there is more complex than I had imagined."

Four days later, Chinese authorities restored access to the site. How did that happen? For starters, the Chinese government was deluged with outcries from the nation's 46 million Internet users when access to Google was cut off. "Internet users in China are an apolitical crowd," says Xiao Qiang, executive director of New York-based Human Rights In China. "They tend to be people who are doing well, and they don't usually voice strong views. But this stepped into their digital freedom."

The quick workaround: Chinese authorities tweaked the national firewall, making the new Google China different from the site that was turned off. Today, Chinese who use Google to search on terms like "falun gong" or "human rights in china" receive a standard-looking results page. But when they click on any of the results, either their browsers are redirected to a blank or government-approved page, or their computers are blocked from accessing Google for an hour or two. "They have a new mechanism that can block the results of certain searches," Brin says. Did Google help China find or obtain the filtering technology? "We didn't make changes to our servers" is all he'll say.

via google-watch.org

S eth Finkelstein describes how Google self-censorship works. Also, Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School have a paper on Localized Google search result exclusions which is quite interesting.

I can understand from a business perspective why Google would do this, but whenever I bring this up with people they deny it or can't believe it.

Does anyone else have any more information on this?

PS This has nothing to do with trying to hurt Google or their IPO. I've been trying to figure this out for the last few weeks and have reached a dead end in my research so I'm trying to understand more. How companies like this work with governments and how this information is then disclosed is very important.

Microsoft and Accenture target
governments

Microsoft and Accenture target
governments 05/26/2004 10:45 AM
Infomatics May 26 2004 2:39PM GMT

Landry's Table Upset

Landry's Table Upset 06/08/2004 10:52 AM
The restaurant operator appears to have been surprised by its CFO's departure.

Vote for this bill. Or vote for Pedro.

Vote for this bill. Or vote for Pedro. 04/12/2005 05:04 PM
Idaho House Resolution 29 WHEREAS, any members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Legislature of the State of Idaho who choose to vote "Nay" on this concurrent resolution are "FREAKIN' IDIOTS!" I wish all legislation were worded this way.

EU probes procurement deals between
governments, Intel

EU probes procurement deals between
governments, Intel 04/22/2004 06:30 AM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 22 2004 11:09AM GMT

Microsoft provides Office source code to
governments

Microsoft provides Office source code to
governments 09/20/2004 07:09 AM
Facing growing competition from open source software providers, Microsoft Corp. has decided to allow governments and international organizations access to source code for its Office 2003 productivity suite.

Microsoft Reveals Office Code to
Governments

Microsoft Reveals Office Code to
Governments 09/20/2004 03:19 PM
The move is part of its Government Security Program, but some in the open source community aren't buying it.

Microsoft Opens Office to Governments
(NewsFactor)

Microsoft Opens Office to Governments
(NewsFactor) 09/20/2004 03:25 PM
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is opening the door to its Office suite, offering governments a closer look inside key applications.

Microsoft, BearingPoint team to target
governments

Microsoft, BearingPoint team to target
governments 05/17/2004 11:45 AM
Microsoft Corp. is teaming with systems integration and consulting firm BearingPoint Inc. to deliver a set of software and services packages aimed at governments.

Microsoft to Share Source Code With
Governments

Microsoft to Share Source Code With
Governments 09/21/2004 08:41 AM
Microsoft Corp. announced this week it is making the programming code for its Office 2003 software suite available to government agencies around the globe, a move partly aimed at allowing them to inspect the product for flaws and security problems. Though Microsoft usually guards such software coding tightly, the step is an extension of an initiative the company began in January 2003 giving about 60 governments access to the inner workings of the Windows operating system. This is the first time the software giant has shared the source code for Office, which includes the Word text processing, Excel spreadsheet, and PowerPoint presentation programs.
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