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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft.html index ab3867d..9af8cde 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft.html @@ -1,16 +1,24 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural evils" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Is Microsoft the Great Satan? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/microsoft.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>Is Microsoft the Great Satan?</h2> -<div class="announcement"> -<blockquote><p>This article was given a major rewrite in 2009. +<div class="infobox"> +<p><em>This article was given a major rewrite in 2009. The <a href="/philosophy/microsoft-old.html">old version</a> is also -available.</p></blockquote> +available.</em></p> </div> +<hr class="thin" /> <p>Many people think of Microsoft as the monster menace of the software industry. There is even a specific campaign to boycott @@ -43,14 +51,14 @@ it or who distributes it.</p> <p>There is no need to reject Microsoft non-software products, or services that you can use without proprietary software. (When you use a web service, whether Microsoft's or not, watch out for -<a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">non-free JavaScript +<a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">nonfree JavaScript programs</a> that it may try to slip into your browser.) When Microsoft releases free programs, which it occasionally does, they are acceptable in theory. Alas, most of them depend fundamentally on Microsoft proprietary software, which we do need to reject, and that makes them useless for anyone that chooses to live in freedom.</p> -<p>In the “Halloween documents”, leaked in October 1998, +<p>In the “Halloween documents,” leaked in October 1998, Microsoft executives stated an intention to use various methods to obstruct the development of free software: specifically, designing secret protocols and file formats, and patenting algorithms and @@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ and patents have obstructed us greatly, and they may be more damaging in the future. For the most part, the companies' main motivation in doing these things is to attack each other; now, it seems, we are specifically targeted. Microsoft is using its patents directly to -<a href="http://www.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2009/9/microsoft-and-patent-trolls"> +<a href="https://www.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2009/9/microsoft-and-patent-trolls"> attack the free software community</a>, and our community is fighting back.</p> @@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ back.</p> (and software developers and users generally)—consider the harm that the MP3 patents have done. Thus, defending against specific attacks is necessary but not sufficient. The only full solution is -to <a href="http://endsoftpatents.org/">eliminate software +to <a href="https://endsoftwarepatents.org/">eliminate software patents</a>. </p> @@ -80,26 +88,28 @@ obstructs migration to GNU/Linux. For instance, when Microsoft “donates” copies of Windows to schools, it converts these schools into tools for implanting a dependence on Windows. There are indications that Microsoft systematically plans these -activities <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/EDGI"> as +activities <a href="http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EDGI"> as a campaign against the adoption of GNU/Linux</a>.</p> <p>Each Windows “upgrade” augments Microsoft's power over the users; Microsoft plans it that way. And each one is a step forward in malicious features, which -include <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org">Digital Restrictions +include <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/">Digital Restrictions Management</a> and back doors. So the FSF runs campaigns to warn users against “upgrading” -to <a href="http://BadVista.org/">Windows Vista</a> -and <a href="http://Windows7Sins.org">Windows 7</a>. We aim to reduce +to <a href="http://badvista.fsf.org/">Windows Vista</a> +and <a href="http://windows7sins.org/">Windows 7</a>. We aim to reduce the amount of inertia they will create.</p> <p>We don't hate Microsoft, and we don't consider it the Great Satan. But we do recognize it as the company that has separated more users from their freedom than any other, and a powerful avowed enemy of computer users' freedom. We act accordingly.</p> +</div> + </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a @@ -117,13 +127,13 @@ href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a> for -information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> +information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> <!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to @@ -143,8 +153,7 @@ information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018 Free -Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<p>Copyright © 1997-2000, 2009, 2010, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2018/12/15 14:02:38 $ +$Date: 2021/09/10 10:58:36 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |