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Microsoft using Secureboot to lock down ARM
Thanks to a tip from a colleague – Anshu, I found out further confirmation that the Secureboot issue, that I blogged about earlier, is going to bite us badly just as we expected. According to this post of the Software … Continue reading
The incoming Secureboot/Restrictedboot war
For those who aren’t aware of this, FSF (Free Software Foundation) has been running a campaign for the last few months about Microsoft’s malicious Secureboot initiative (which FSF calls restricted boot). Given the mostly Microsoft friendly corporate IT environments out … Continue reading
The reasons behind the OOXML appeals
The story so far: December 2006: 7 ECMA approves OOXML as ECMA-376 December 2006: ECMA submits ECMA-376 to ISO for consideration as an ISO standard under the fast track process September 2007: ISO ballot process votes against adoption of the … Continue reading
The Microsoft Tax Refund campaign at ILUGD
ILUGD is presently furiously discussing a legal procedure to get refund for the Microsoft Tax applied to all desktops and laptops that you buy from the branded market in India. Here is a good definition of Microsoft Tax. Some relevant … Continue reading
Microsoft vs. Google
A great article on the online tussle between Microsoft and Google. For anyone who has been watching Gates over the years, the idea that an upstart like Google could so flummox him and his fierce company takes getting used to. … Continue reading
Opensource catalyzes a paradigm shift in the computer industry
Going through the daily drudgery of earning to survive, one always keep wondering – “where are we going with all this?” or “which way should I turn now?” or if you are a business, then “which way should we take … Continue reading
No RegEx in M$ World?
The other day I got an XLS file exported from a client’s Microsoft SQL Server. I had to import the data into MySQL, and I thought using CSV would be the right way. But there was a problem – the … Continue reading
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