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Amicchan: Category Big tech perfectly fits here.

2023-04-05T03:30:44Z

Category Big tech perfectly fits here.

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Amicchan: /* Aggression against the Linux kernel */

2023-04-05T03:02:45Z

Aggression against the Linux kernel

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	===Aggression against the Linux kernel===		===Aggression against the Linux kernel===
	Microsoft views Linux as a threat to their monopoly on operating systems.		Microsoft views [[Linux]] as a threat to their monopoly on operating systems.

	Microsoft listed that the Linux kernel dominated network and server infrastructure; and that Microsoft could add their extensions to some technological commodities to gain some control of the technological standards.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Halloween I\|author=Vinod Valloppillil\|year=1998\|title-url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html#_Toc427495714\|section=Beating Linux\|quote=Linux's homebase is currently commodity network and server infrastructure. By folding extended functionality (e.g. Storage+ in file systems, DAV/POD for networking) into today's commodity services, we raise the bar & change the rules of the game.}}</ref>		Microsoft listed that the Linux kernel dominated network and server infrastructure; and that Microsoft could add their extensions to some technological commodities to gain some control of the technological standards.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Halloween I\|author=Vinod Valloppillil\|year=1998\|title-url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html#_Toc427495714\|section=Beating Linux\|quote=Linux's homebase is currently commodity network and server infrastructure. By folding extended functionality (e.g. Storage+ in file systems, DAV/POD for networking) into today's commodity services, we raise the bar & change the rules of the game.}}</ref>

Amicchan at 18:57, 2 November 2022

2022-11-02T18:57:30Z

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	\|industry=Information Technology.		\|industry=Information Technology.
	\|founding_date=1975-04-04		\|founding_date={{birth date\|1975\|04\|04}}
	\|founding_name=Microsoft		\|founding_name=Microsoft
	\|founder=[[William Henry Gates III\|Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Gardner Allen\|Paul Allen]]		\|founder=[[William Henry Gates III\|Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Gardner Allen\|Paul Allen]]
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	== Ownership ==		== Ownership ==
	The Microsoft Corporation maintains [[Microsoft Windows]], one of the most used computer operating systems.		The Microsoft Corporation maintains [[Microsoft Windows]], one of the most popularly used computer operating systems.

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

Ledlecreeper27: CIA surveillance

2022-09-04T20:02:34Z

CIA surveillance

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	===Privacy Breaches===		===Privacy Breaches===
	Microsoft is a spy arm of the U.S government. In 2013, whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]] revealed that the [[United States National Security Agency\|NSA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] had direct access to Microsoft's internal servers.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Elliott Gabriel\|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]\|title=Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots\|date=2018-04-06\|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328183418/https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/\|archive-date=2022-03-28\|retrieved=2022-07-06}}</ref>		Microsoft is a spy arm of the U.S government. In 2013, whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]] revealed that the [[United States National Security Agency\|NSA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] had direct access to Microsoft's internal servers.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Elliott Gabriel\|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]\|title=Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots\|date=2018-04-06\|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328183418/https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/\|archive-date=2022-03-28\|retrieved=2022-07-06}}</ref> In 2017, [[WikiLeaks]] revealed that the [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] can hack into Microsoft PCs and use them as microphones for surveillance.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=ZeroHedge.com\|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]\|title=Wikileaks Releases ‘Vault 7’ – The Largest Leak Of Confidential CIA Documents To Date\|date=2017-03-07\|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/wikileaks-releases-vault-7-largest-leak-confidential-cia-documents-date/225613/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215075858/https://www.mintpressnews.com/wikileaks-releases-vault-7-largest-leak-confidential-cia-documents-date/225613/\|archive-date=2021-02-15\|retrieved=2022-09-04}}</ref>

	===Recuperation of Open Source Software===		===Recuperation of Open Source Software===
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Wisconcom at 08:49, 16 August 2022

2022-08-16T08:49:19Z

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	==History==		==History==

			== Ownership ==
			The Microsoft Corporation maintains [[Microsoft Windows]], one of the most used computer operating systems.

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

Wisconcom: added categories.

2022-07-31T18:30:07Z

added categories.

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	== References ==		== References ==
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			[[Category:Capitalism]]

Forte: Forte moved page Microsoft to Microsoft Corporation: Official name according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (sec.gov)

2022-07-06T17:36:17Z

Forte moved page Microsoft to Microsoft Corporation: Official name according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (sec.gov)

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Ledlecreeper27: Snowden leak

2022-07-06T16:58:55Z

Snowden leak

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	===Privacy Breaches===		===Privacy Breaches===
	Microsoft is a spy arm of the U.S government.		Microsoft is a spy arm of the U.S government. In 2013, whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]] revealed that the [[United States National Security Agency\|NSA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation\|FBI]] had direct access to Microsoft's internal servers.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Elliott Gabriel\|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]\|title=Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots\|date=2018-04-06\|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328183418/https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/\|archive-date=2022-03-28\|retrieved=2022-07-06}}</ref>

	~~The~~ [[National Security Agency]] ~~collaborated with~~ Microsoft ~~to implement backdoors in the Windows operating system series~~.

	===Recuperation of Open Source Software===		===Recuperation of Open Source Software===
	Microsoft demonized the idea of [[open source\|open source software]] as a threat to its business in the 1980s.		Microsoft demonized the idea of [[Free and open-source software\|open source software]] as a threat to its business in the 1980s.

	In 1998, Microsoft formed a strategy to recuperate Open Source software through architecture.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Halloween I\|author=Vinod Valloppillil\|year=1998\|title-url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html#_Toc427495714\|quote=...[Open Source Software] poses a direct, short-term revenue and platform threat to Microsoft -- particularly in server space. Additionally the intrinsic parallelism and free idea exchange in OSS has benefits that are not replicable with our current licensing model and therefore present a long term developer mindshare threat.}}</ref>		In 1998, Microsoft formed a strategy to recuperate Open Source software through architecture.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Halloween I\|author=Vinod Valloppillil\|year=1998\|title-url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html#_Toc427495714\|quote=...[Open Source Software] poses a direct, short-term revenue and platform threat to Microsoft -- particularly in server space. Additionally the intrinsic parallelism and free idea exchange in OSS has benefits that are not replicable with our current licensing model and therefore present a long term developer mindshare threat.}}</ref>

Ledlecreeper27: Logo

2022-07-06T16:10:57Z

Logo

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	\|name=Microsoft		\|name=Microsoft
	\|image=~~File:~~Microsoft logo.~~svg~~		\|image=Microsoft logo.png
	\|image_caption=4 squares forming a window; the squares are colored, starting fron the upper-left square: red, green, blue, and orange.		\|image_caption=4 squares forming a window; the squares are colored, starting fron the upper-left square: red, green, blue, and orange.
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	Microsoft listed that the Linux kernel dominated network and server infrastructure; and that Microsoft could add their extensions to some technological commodities to gain some control of the technological standards.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Halloween I\|author=Vinod Valloppillil\|year=1998\|title-url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html#_Toc427495714\|section=Beating Linux\|quote=Linux's homebase is currently commodity network and server infrastructure. By folding extended functionality (e.g. Storage+ in file systems, DAV/POD for networking) into today's commodity services, we raise the bar & change the rules of the game.}}</ref>		Microsoft listed that the Linux kernel dominated network and server infrastructure; and that Microsoft could add their extensions to some technological commodities to gain some control of the technological standards.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Halloween I\|author=Vinod Valloppillil\|year=1998\|title-url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween1.html#_Toc427495714\|section=Beating Linux\|quote=Linux's homebase is currently commodity network and server infrastructure. By folding extended functionality (e.g. Storage+ in file systems, DAV/POD for networking) into today's commodity services, we raise the bar & change the rules of the game.}}</ref>

			== References ==

Amicchan: Added the recuperation of open source software and aggression against Linux.

2022-07-06T10:59:19Z

Added the recuperation of open source software and aggression against Linux.

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 |website=[https://www.microsoft.com www.microsoft.com]}}
 '''Microsoft''', often abbreviated to '''MS''' or '''M$''', is a monopolistic company in the [[United States]]. It is the successor to [[Traf-O-Data]].
 ==Controversies==
 ===Embrace, Extend, Extinguish===
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-The [[National Security Agency]] collaborated with Microsoft to implement backdoors in the Windows series of operating systems.
+Microsoft is a spy arm of the U.S government.