Microsoft Offers Charity Free License For Old Stuff

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Microsoft offers charity-friendly
license

Microsoft offers charity-friendly
license 04/09/2004 06:43 PM

Microsoft charity license gets lukewarm
welcome

Microsoft charity license gets lukewarm
welcome 04/15/2004 10:18 AM
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Microsoft Announces Availability of Open
and Royalty-Free License For Office 2003
XML Reference Schemas

Microsoft Announces Availability of Open
and Royalty-Free License For Office 2003
XML Reference Schemas 11/17/2003 01:59 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of a royalty-free licensing program for its Microsoft® Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas and accompanying documentation. The Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas enable organizations of all sizes to utilize industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology in managing spreadsheet, word processing and form documents. Microsoft's new Office 2003 versions of Word, Excel and the InfoPath (TM) information-gathering program utilize schemas that describe how information is stored when documents are saved as XML. By licensing the schemas royalty-free, Microsoft builds on its ongoing commitment to promote the development of XML as the next-generation technology for integrating applications, services and data sources.

Microsoft offers free security

Microsoft offers free security 01/06/2005 12:10 PM
News24.com Jan 6 2005 3:39PM GMT

Microsoft offers more storage on free
e-mail

Microsoft offers more storage on free
e-mail 06/24/2004 10:08 AM
“Microsoft Corp. and two other providers of free e-mail are suddenly seeking to top one another in what was once considered an unlikely area for competition — free online storage.”

Microsoft offers free security program

Microsoft offers free security program 01/06/2005 12:10 PM
CNN Jan 6 2005 3:28PM GMT

Microsoft Offers Free DVD Packed With
VS.NET Tools

Microsoft Offers Free DVD Packed With
VS.NET Tools 12/29/2004 08:06 AM
SYS-CON Media Dec 29 2004 12:35PM GMT

Microsoft offers free virus remover

Microsoft offers free virus remover 01/06/2005 07:58 PM
Australian IT Jan 6 2005 10:54PM GMT

Microsoft Offers Free Licenses for
Backup Servers

Microsoft Offers Free Licenses for
Backup Servers 06/05/2004 10:18 AM
Boston Globe Jun 5 2004 2:05PM GMT

Microsoft Corp. offers free security
programs

Microsoft Corp. offers free security
programs 01/06/2005 02:43 PM
CNEWS Jan 6 2005 6:52PM GMT

Microsoft offers 32-bits free as
consolation for delays

Microsoft offers 32-bits free as
consolation for delays 07/30/2004 10:42 PM

Charity Offers Beetle, Tree 'Adoptions'
(AP)

Charity Offers Beetle, Tree 'Adoptions'
(AP) 01/22/2004 10:23 AM
AP - Ever wanted a stag beetle with a royal connection? Perhaps a woodpecker or a duck is more your line; or something noble, like an ancient tree.

Microsoft Offers Free Licenses for
Backup Servers (Reuters)

Microsoft Offers Free Licenses for
Backup Servers (Reuters) 06/05/2004 08:57 AM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) has begun offering free software licensing for "cold servers" or networking computers that are kept off until they are needed, the world's largest software maker said on Friday.

Microsoft offers free virus-removal,
anti-spyware programs

Microsoft offers free virus-removal,
anti-spyware programs 01/06/2005 11:33 AM
SiliconValley.com Jan 6 2005 2:23PM GMT

- Microsoft offers free virus-removal,
anti-spyware programs

- Microsoft offers free virus-removal,
anti-spyware programs 01/06/2005 04:59 PM
IT AsiaOne Jan 6 2005 7:53PM GMT

Topix Redesigns, Offers Some New Stuff

Topix Redesigns, Offers Some New Stuff 08/03/2004 11:36 PM
Topix has redesigned and offers some new sources, including more news sources (up to over 7,000 now) and other goodies. The home page hasn't changed, though -- it's still at...

Free Stuff From Funds

Free Stuff From Funds 08/05/2004 10:50 AM
Hit up some fund companies for some free educational fare.

Cat's Clicks: Free Stuff

Cat's Clicks: Free Stuff 07/31/2004 03:35 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 31 2004 8:14AM GMT

"coffee and free wireless stuff"

"coffee and free wireless stuff" 07/03/2004 02:10 AM

World First: Recycle Your Wireless
Gadget Online with FREE Pre-Paid
Shipping and Benefit a Charity

World First: Recycle Your Wireless
Gadget Online with FREE Pre-Paid
Shipping and Benefit a Charity 05/31/2004 02:07 PM
A national environmental initiative titled “Recycling for Charity” (RFC) has added Free Pre-Paid Shipping Labels online for their recycling program collecting used cell phones, pagers, PDA’s or digital cameras. The RFC program allows individuals to donate their old cell phone, pager, PDA or digital camera online to be recycled and have a donation made in their name to the charity of their choice. Free Pre-Paid Shipping for donations is the first of its kind for any online recycling program offering. [PRWEB May 23, 2004]

HOW TO: Obtain Free Copies and Do Other
Fun Stuff to Copiers

HOW TO: Obtain Free Copies and Do Other
Fun Stuff to Copiers 05/29/2004 12:17 AM
This article will give insight into the inner workings of Canon copiers, and show you how to exploit a curious oversight that allows for free copies. The material in this article is restricted to Canon copiers only, as I have had the most experience in them; however, this is not as narrow as you might imagine. Generally, Canon copiers are seen second in quality only to Xerox in the market; thus, many big-time copy shops and corporations use Canon copiers. This article will not analyze the philosophical questions of doing anything it demonstrates. Obviously, everything outlined is of dubious morality; if you are not that type of person, see this as an educational article demonstrating how the inner-workings of a copier works. I take absolutely no responsibility for anything anyone does with this information. (Remember: information wants to be free [as in beer])

How to Make Money Giving Stuff Away Free

How to Make Money Giving Stuff Away Free 03/14/2005 06:22 PM

The Idea: Innovative companies are learning that giving something away free can be good for both the top and bottom line. Unscrupulous companies are abusing it. Oligopolies are wringing their hands and calling it theft, and the end of the world. Is this trend inevitable, and how can we make it work to everyone's benefit? The price trend in almost everything, except for oil and other non-renewables, is downward. In some cases this is a good thing: Open Source development of software, and the free exchange of information over the Internet, for example. In some cases it's not so good: The Wal-Mart Dilemma for example, which trades off low prices for poor quality, third world slavery and loss of Western jobs. In some cases whether it's good or bad depends on where you sit -- File-sharing, for example, which allows new artists to get low-cost exposure or markets, and which hurts both the price-gouging recording industry oligopoly and independent artists who count on modest-price CD and MP3 sales to make a living. Conventional wisdom is that if you lower the price you have to make up the loss by either cutting costs (by squeezing suppliers and employees a la Wal-Mart) or drastically increasing volume, a la Amazon. But what happens when the price goes to zero -- How do you make money then? The answer is by being innovative, and recognizing that the supply/demand curve is inexorable, and, except when distorted by government subsidy, failure to absorb full external costs, or oligopolistic price-fixing, the price will find its own level. And increasingly that level is zero, reflecting both the lower value that consumers put on most of the mass-produced junk that we're inundated with, and the lower buying power that consumers have been left with thanks to corporatist exploitation and cowardly lack of government regulation. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. How can responsible, innovative companies give stuff away free, and still make a living? Some new ways are being invented all the time, but here, classified by consumer receptivity, are some of these techniques: 1. Thumbs Down -- disreputable methods, some bordering on fraud: Pyramid schemes: Sign up five other people to buy X, and you get it free. Just don't expect those five other people to be your friends ever again. Buy one get one free schemes: Consumers aren't stupid. They know this means half price when you buy in bulk, not free. Limited-time free trials: One of the frankensteins of high-tech. This means you have a now-useless piece of software, non-functional link or 'expired' online subscription with the vendor's name all over it, so you can curse them again every time you stumble over it until you get pissed off enough to delete it once and for all. Once you've given something away it's bad manners to take it back. Free if you're not satisfied: Yeah, right. Just try and get your money back without investing more in time, effort and aggravation than the product cost. 2. So-So -- methods that work sometimes, sometimes not: Free samples: These are better than limited-time free trials because they don't persist, on your computer or anywhere else. Once they're gone, they're gone, and you know that going in. Free prize inside: So-called by marketing guru Seth Godin, this is something you give away that's 'hidden' in the product, like the crackerjack prize, or a surprise feature in hardware or software, or the extra video you get with your music CD. If it's genuinely valuable and not hyped, it's a good deal. But if it's not valuable, you're getting what you paid for it. And if it's hyped, the consumer will start to suspect that it's not free -- its value has been built into the total price. Shareware, pay what you want: Free with a guilt trip attached is not free, unless you're shameless. Barter: If you're trading away something that someone else values more highly than you do, to get something that you value more highly than they do, then this is a winner. It rarely works that way, however, and when it doesn't, barter is just two market transactions back-to-back, with the money reflecting the real (greater than zero) price invisible. All you save is the sales tax, and maybe the environment if you're buying used instead of new. Which is OK, too. But not free. 3. Ingenious -- methods that work: Information and/or do-it-yourself process free, 'live' service extra: We need to learn to do more things for ourselves. I applaud companies that help people do things themselves, and offer to help, at a reasonable charge, if it turns out they can't do it themselves because they just don't have the time or the skill. It can be abused of course, if the information or do-it-yourself instructions have landmines in them (e.g. vague, erroneous, or impossible to follow instructions). But it's usually legit. Basic product or service free, premium product or service extra: You get what you need to function effectively, a 'satisfactory customer experience' free. Add-ons that increase functionality, convenience, or ease of use, cost. Give away desktop-to-desktop VoIP free and charge for desktop-to-landline calls, as Skype has done. Or give away the CD and create a huge appetite for the band's live $60/ticket concerts. Again, this can be abused if the basic service doesn't meet minimum functionality standards. But most companies realize the bad PR they will get if they abuse this isn't worth it. 4. You Tell Me -- new methods not yet proven: Money back if you don't use it: The other day I heard a radio commercial for insurance that gives you your premium back if you don'f file a claim during the year. If you don't, and you renew for another year, they keep the premium and apply it to that second year, so they effectively have one year premium to invest forever, and they make their profit by that investment. Their premiums are probably higher than the normal insurance company rates, but once you sell the car or house you get it back, so who cares? I suspect that if you have a claim they drop you like a hot potato, and that, because you forfeit the premium if you do, the number of claims is probably lower and the likelihood of anyone putting in a small claim is low. But it still sounds too good to be true. Anyone know about this? Is there a catch? What am I missing? What other innovative or devious ways are companies using to give people something for nothing, and still make a living? Is this the wave of the future? Think of the essentials of life: food, clothing, energy and shelter. How could we give people a comfortable level of all three, for free, in a way that would allow the producers of these things a reasonable income? And if we did, would people get lazy and stop working? Would this necessarily be a bad thing? Or would they be inspired by a personal moral code to invest some time and energy to give something back, free, in return?

Do's and don'ts of getting free stuff
online

Do's and don'ts of getting free stuff
online 02/05/2005 09:10 PM
King5.com - Sat Feb 5, 06:28 am GMT

FindForward Offers Specialized Google
Searches and Some Hackish Stuff

FindForward Offers Specialized Google
Searches and Some Hackish Stuff 05/27/2004 07:56 AM
Philipp Lenssen, a Web developer from Germany, has used the Google API to create a search interface called FindForward. The site is at FindForward.com but I'm going to point you...

July's ICT Charity Ball to benefit
charity helping autistic children

July's ICT Charity Ball to benefit
charity helping autistic children 02/17/2004 04:11 AM
PublicTechnology.net Feb 17 2004 8:07AM GMT

Unique Multimedia Resource About Online
Volunteerism Will Be Published and
Distributed Free, Worldwide, By Canadian
Charity

Unique Multimedia Resource About Online
Volunteerism Will Be Published and
Distributed Free, Worldwide, By Canadian
Charity 07/30/2004 03:41 AM
Lead by Randy Tyler's six years of pioneering work with far-flung online volunteers, Canadian-based charity Macdonald Youth Services (MYS) will publish and distribute to non-profits organizations worldwide, a free and unique, multi-media "how-to" resource about online volunteerism. [PRWEB Jul 30, 2004]

HOW TO: Obtain Free Copies and Do Other
Fun Stuff to Copiers || kuro5hin.org

HOW TO: Obtain Free Copies and Do Other
Fun Stuff to Copiers || kuro5hin.org 05/30/2004 11:36 PM
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Macromedia offers K-6 site license

Macromedia offers K-6 site license 08/05/2004 10:47 AM
Macromedia has announced a new site license for elementary schools that's designed to help introduce multimedia and Web tools to teachers and young students...

Microsoft Offers Free Anti-Virus,
Anti-Spyware

Microsoft Offers Free Anti-Virus,
Anti-Spyware 01/06/2005 09:49 PM
Information Week Jan 7 2005 1:14AM GMT

Gov't offers 3rd UMTS license to Oskar
Mobil for CZK 2 bn

Gov't offers 3rd UMTS license to Oskar
Mobil for CZK 2 bn 12/17/2004 06:43 PM
Interfax Information Agency Dec 17 2004 8:56AM GMT

Music industry offers global Webcast
license

Music industry offers global Webcast
license 11/11/2003 10:25 AM
CNET Nov 11 2003 9:38AM ET

A modified license for Free Software
fairness

A modified license for Free Software
fairness 12/02/2003 01:51 AM
We should not be misled by the apparent success of Free Software projects today. The popular Free Software licenses, such as the GNU GPL and the BSD License, are not conducive to innovative software development. The fact that many Free Software products are popular should not hide the facts about the licenses under which they are being distributed.

Microsoft charity licence gets lukewarm
welcome

Microsoft charity licence gets lukewarm
welcome 04/15/2004 12:58 PM
The Register Apr 15 2004 5:29PM GMT

Classical UWB Backers Offer Free Patent
License

Classical UWB Backers Offer Free Patent
License 10/29/2003 11:25 AM
Motorola and XtremeSpectrum say no fees if their UWB proposal wins; TI is trying to follow: The two camps in the IEEE 802.15.3a standard process have raised the ante by lowering the ante for approval of their flavor. Motorola and XtremeSpectrum will make their technology in this standard patent-royalty free. Texas Instruments would like to do so as well as part of the OFDM alliance they've formed, but haven't gotten the signoff from all of its partners. This probably benefits consumers of the technology in that removing royalty costs will lower the bar to entry for manufacturers and reduce overall cost. The head of XtremeSpectrum is wrong when he said that it's clear that for a standard to be confirmed, it must not have any licensing strings attached--it must be royalty free unless he meant this specific standard. Plenty of standards are encumbered by reasonable and customary licensing fees, and the companies involved in 802.15.3a had already signed or generally agreed to that as well. The 802.15.3a standard will allow 100 to 480 Mbps of wireless data to be exchanged at very short range, from 10 to 30 meters, with the design focused on large file and streaming media exchange....

Opera site license free for educational
institutions

Opera site license free for educational
institutions 02/07/2005 02:02 AM
TechWhack Feb 7 2005 5:45AM GMT

Center Offers Open Source License
Defense, Legal Services

Center Offers Open Source License
Defense, Legal Services 02/01/2005 08:57 PM
The new Software Freedom Law Center—seeded by funding from the Open Source Development Labs$#151;will offer asset stewardship, licensing, license defense and litigation support, legal support, and lawyer training.

Baltimore's "Free Books!"
Charity in Dire Straits

Baltimore's "Free Books!"
Charity in Dire Straits 08/27/2004 01:28 PM
I spend anywhere from three to eight hours every week sweating along with a motley crew of local misfits, shelving, sorting, and hauling ton after ton of written matter in a rowhouse basement in Baltimore. We have no heat nor air conditioning, but still, every week, we come and work. Volunteer night is Wednesday, but many of us also work on the weekends, when we're open to the public. There are times when we're freezing and we have to wear coats and gloves inside, making handling books somewhat tricky; other times, we're all soaked with sweat, since it's 90 degrees out and the basement is thick with bodies. One learns to forget about personal space when working at The Book Thing, since you can scarcely breathe without bumping into someone, and we are all so accustomed to having to scrape by each other that most of us no longer bother to say "excuse me" unless some particularly dramatic brushing occurs.

Free Site License To Online Office Suite
For Indiana Residents

Free Site License To Online Office Suite
For Indiana Residents 06/24/2004 08:01 PM
Last year, we had a story about the city of Houston ditchin g Microsoft in favor of an online office suite called SimDesk. There hadn't been much news out of SimDesk since then, but Broadband Reports points us to a story about a new SimDesk deal with the state of Indiana to provide SimDesk for free to every state resident for at least two years (and possibly longer). It sounds similar to some "site licenses" that many companies offer their employees or which universities offer their students, though SimDesk isn't getting paid for this. Instead, they seem to be doing it in exchange for an investment. Microsoft (just as they did in Houston) is likely to cry foul, and complain that the state is competing unfairly against them. It's also unclear from the article how they prove who is an Indiana resident (the site appears to require an address, but I imagine that could be faked). Also, what happens if someone moves out of Indiana? Either way, the state could just point people to something like OpenOffice, which is already free if they really just wanted people to have a free office suite, instead of having to set up a special SimIndiana site.

Microsoft Establishes Software License
Checkpoint September 17 - 11:04 PM ET A
pilot program at the Microsoft

Microsoft Establishes Software License
Checkpoint September 17 - 11:04 PM ET A
pilot program at the Microsoft 09/17/2004 11:38 PM
BetaNews Sep 18 2004 3:17AM GMT
Grok Description matches for Microsoft Offers Charity Free License For Old Stuff
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Microsoft Trials License Checkpoint
September 17 - 11:04 PM ET A pilot
program at the Microsoft Download Cente

Microsoft Trials License Checkpoint
September 17 - 11:04 PM ET A pilot
program at the Microsoft Download Cente 09/21/2004 10:31 AM
BetaNews Sep 21 2004 1:57PM GMT

Microsoft to license some of its IP

Microsoft to license some of its IP 12/03/2003 06:07 PM
Washington Times Dec 3 2003 4:53PM ET

Microsoft uses the Apache license

Microsoft uses the Apache license 07/19/2004 05:01 PM
Microsoft bought Lookout, the small company that makes excellent Outlook search tool. Lookout uses a variation of the highly-regarded Lucene...

Microsoft to License I.B.M. Chips

Microsoft to License I.B.M. Chips 11/04/2003 03:05 AM
New York Times Nov 4 2003 2:27AM ET

Microsoft adds more license deals

Microsoft adds more license deals 04/15/2004 03:55 AM
Seattle Times Apr 15 2004 8:19AM GMT

Microsoft to extend license deal

Microsoft to extend license deal 04/21/2004 11:57 PM
IHT Apr 22 2004 4:15AM GMT

Microsoft to License More Intellectual
Property

Microsoft to License More Intellectual
Property 12/03/2003 01:27 PM
Boston.Internet.com Dec 3 2003 11:22AM ET

Microsoft to license some intellectual
property

Microsoft to license some intellectual
property 12/02/2003 10:17 PM
CNET Dec 2 2003 6:16PM ET

Microsoft To License Some Intellectual
Property

Microsoft To License Some Intellectual
Property 12/03/2003 04:53 PM
Malta Star Dec 3 2003 3:46PM ET

Microsoft: Can we check your software
license?

Microsoft: Can we check your software
license? 09/17/2004 03:51 PM
ZDNet Sep 17 2004 7:57PM GMT

Microsoft-Sun deal: $2 billion for a
Java license

Microsoft-Sun deal: $2 billion for a
Java license 04/21/2004 11:44 AM
ZDNet Apr 21 2004 3:39PM GMT

Microsoft to License IBM Chip Technology
for Xbox

Microsoft to License IBM Chip Technology
for Xbox 11/03/2003 07:18 PM
Boston Globe Nov 3 2003 5:40PM ET

Symbian to license Microsoft e-mail tech

Symbian to license Microsoft e-mail tech 03/23/2005 12:43 AM
MSNBC Mar 23 2005 4:55AM GMT

Microsoft Establishes Software License
Checkpoint

Microsoft Establishes Software License
Checkpoint 09/17/2004 11:35 PM
A pilot program at the Microsoft Download Center will require users to validate their Windows license in exchange for access to file downloads. Users with counterfeit software may find themselves locked out altogether.

Microsoft to license real-world use of
betas

Microsoft to license real-world use of
betas 04/18/2005 11:49 PM
Builder AU Apr 19 2005 4:13AM GMT

Microsoft to extend license agreements
to 2009

Microsoft to extend license agreements
to 2009 04/22/2004 03:54 AM
Seattle Times Apr 22 2004 7:54AM GMT

Microsoft, C I Settle Software License
Dispute

Microsoft, C I Settle Software License
Dispute 01/04/2005 11:03 AM
A three-and-a-half-year dispute between Microsoft and a Texas Web-hosting operation has ended, with one becoming a partner to the other in the process. Dallas-Fort Worth-based C I Host announced on Monday that a federal judge dismissed a long-running suit filed against it by Microsoft. C I Host is a global Web host and data center operator, serving 215,000 individual consumers and businesses in 190 countries. The dispute goes back to September 2001, when Microsoft said it first notified the hosting company of its concerns that it might not have taken a service provider license agreement for Windows server products. According to the complaint, C I Host responded in December 2001 by denying wrongdoing and threatening to sue Microsoft for defamation if it went public with the charges.

EU rejects Microsoft protocol license
terms

EU rejects Microsoft protocol license
terms 03/19/2005 03:17 AM
The European Commission has shot down Microsoft's proposal for opening up its workgroup server software protocols after receiving complaints over the licensing terms, the company said Friday.

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Microsoft to license test software for
real-world use

Microsoft to license test software for
real-world use 04/18/2005 02:39 PM
Says early versions of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 database are solid enough to run business applications.

Microsoft opens up code under Common
Public License

Microsoft opens up code under Common
Public License 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Is Microsoft going open source? No, but they have released product code to the open source community for the first time.

Siemens, Microsoft cross-license patent
holdings

Siemens, Microsoft cross-license patent
holdings 05/03/2004 03:21 PM
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY - German electronics and engineering company Siemens AG and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to a broad cross-licensing deal allowing expanded access to the patents of each company.

Microsoft Pays $440M to License
InterTrust Patents

Microsoft Pays $440M to License
InterTrust Patents 04/12/2004 07:27 PM

Microsoft Tweaks Sender ID License For
Open Source

Microsoft Tweaks Sender ID License For
Open Source 08/27/2004 01:38 PM
Redmond works to make its anti-spam proposal more palatable for the open source community, but much remains unclear.

Siemens and Microsoft to Cross-License
Patent Holdings

Siemens and Microsoft to Cross-License
Patent Holdings 05/03/2004 03:16 PM
Siemens AG and Microsoft Corp. today announced a broad cross-licensing agreement to allow expanded access to the patent portfolios each company holds. The agreement signifies an expanded collaboration between Siemens and Microsoft, enabling each company to expand offerings to customers and deliver even more comprehensive and compelling customer solutions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Microsoft Offers Charity Free License For Old Stuff

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