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| Time: 09:21 EST/14:21 GMT | News Source: ZDNet UK | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
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Microsoft's demands for control of essential Internet standards belie its commitments to security for all. The fight against spam is both practical and symbolic. It directly affects our ability to benefit from the Net, and it epitomises the balance between free access and control. A new standard, Sender ID, makes it easier to reject email that doesn't come from its purported source. It's not the magic bullet, but it's certainly part of the gun. Yet Microsoft is actively hindering the adoption of this standard. Uniquely among Internet standards, Microsoft's restrictive licence is plainly incompatible with open source, in theory and in practice. It can do this, the company says, because it holds intellectual property -- in the form of pending patents -- on basic ideas used in the standard, and thus it is free to demand that anyone who incorporates the standard in a product must comply with Microsoft's conditions. Ask the company why it needs to make this demand and no good answer is forthcoming. | ||
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| #1 By 860 (204.232.11.1) at 9/3/2004 11:13:54 AM |
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I don't know, but damned if the ad company that serves ActiveWin has now successfully busted WinXP SP2's integrated popup blocker AND the Google toolbar.
Guys, get a new ad vendor please. This is ridiculous. |
| #2 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 9/3/2004 11:25:01 AM |
| If more people used the PayPal donation button below, we might be able too! |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 9/3/2004 2:35:42 PM |
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But I don't have a paypal account.
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| #4 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 9/3/2004 3:14:11 PM |
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You can lose the battle but still win the fight. Microsoft, let Sender ID go. Opening it up is not a win for OSS, it's a win for everyone.
I do have to take issue with this comment in the article, however: "...Microsoft is announcing its intention to use any weapon at its disposal to fight open source -- even if it means using spam to hold every user in the world hostage to its demands." That's a bit of a mischaracterization. Microsoft is not solely responsible for spam, nor are they solely responsible to stop it. |
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