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Microsoft goes limp as OOXML vote nears

Microsoft's top executives have promised not to sue open source developers who create non-commercial software based on Microsoft's protocols, but skeptics say it's a ploy to soften its image before the upcoming OOXML vote. Read more »

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Microsoft plays open but patent jaws still have teeth

Despite Microsoft's claim it will not sue developers that build free open source software on Microsoft platforms, a caveat leaves a yawning space for its legal teeth to gnash those that commercialise the software. Read more »

Second beta of Visual J# released

Despite a lukewarm reception, Microsoft is pressing ahead with its J# version of Java for Visual Studio .Net - and believes it can side-step the Sun lawsuit. Read more »

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