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Society: Issues: Business: Allegedly_Unethical_Firms: Microsoft

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Computers: Companies: Microsoft Corporation (14)

Why I Hate Microsoft
- Microsoft's history, (nutshell version) and a general look and what they do, and why you should avoid them.

Appraising Microsoft
Official site of the Appraising Microsoft conferences headed by Ralph Nader and James Love.

Bill Sherwood's Anti-Microsoft Page
Personal accounts of low quality tech support and misleading advertising.

The International Anti-Microsoft Network
Webring of anti-Microsoft, anti-Bill Gates, and anti-Wintel sites.

Microsoft: An empire built on stolen software
Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.

Microsoft Versus
Analysis and discussion of Microsoft and comparisons of their products against open source alternatives.

MSBC Superlist of Anti-Microsoft Web Sites
Indexes more than 250 anti-Ms links and forums: a comprehensive directory of anti-Microsoft activity around the Internet and around the world.

So Why Hate Microsoft?
Another look at unfair competition by Microsoft. Somewhat dated.

Sotpar's Anti Micro$oft Page
Collected quotes and opinions on topics from browser bundling to boycotting.

ZDNet News: Economist: MS settlement won't help
Nobel prize-winning economist criticized the proposed settlement of the government's antitrust case against Microsoft. (January 29, 2002)

The Register: OS Expiration
Expiring OSes? Check the Windows 'best before' dates. (October 2, 2001)

MSN Pummels Privacy
It seems that at the same time Microsoft is closing one privacy hole they've been busy creating a bigger one: Universal GUIDs. [WinMag.com] (September 15, 2000)

SecurityFocus: Microsoft Cookies jump Domains (September 14, 2000)

Microsoft quietly shadows Web surfers across MSN sites
Days after acknowledging a privacy problem with its browser, Microsoft says its privacy policy does not say how it identifies people who travel across its network of Web sites. [CNet] (September 13, 2000)

MSN Cookie Data Crosses Domains
How Microsoft web sites like HotMail and MSNBC assign unique ID numbers in cookies, and shares that ID with other web tracking sites. (September 3, 2000)

Does Issuing Passports Make Microsoft a Country?
Am I the only one who is terrified about Microsoft Passport? It seems to me like a fairly blatant attempt to build the world's largest, richest consumer database, and then make fabulous profits mining it. (July 26, 2000)

Microsoft's Stock Options As Tax Loopholes
Rob Landley of Motley Fool argues that Microsoft's size and methods allow it tactics to make money without even selling software. (February 17, 2000)

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