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|founding_date=1975 | |founding_date={{birth date|1975|04|04}} | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
== Ownership == | |||
The Microsoft Corporation maintains [[Microsoft Windows]], one of the most popularly used computer operating systems. | |||
==Controversies== | ==Controversies== | ||
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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> 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=== | ||
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> | ||
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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> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Microsoft | |
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| Industry | Information Technology. |
| Founded | Microsoft April 4, 1975 |
| Founder | Bill Gates and Paul Allen |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, United States |
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Microsoft, often abbreviated to MS or M$, is a monopolistic company in the United States. It is the successor to Traf-O-Data.
History[edit | edit source]
Ownership[edit | edit source]
The Microsoft Corporation maintains Microsoft Windows, one of the most popularly used computer operating systems.
Controversies[edit | edit source]
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish[edit | edit source]
Embrace-Extend-Extinguish is a strategy Microsoft used to gain control of software standards.
- The perpetrator embraces the standards.
- The perpetrator forms their implementation of the standards.
- The implementation is extended to attract more users than other implementations.
- After the implementation gains the majority of users, the suspected implementation locks their extended features from other implementation.
Privacy Breaches[edit | edit source]
Microsoft is a spy arm of the U.S government. In 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and FBI had direct access to Microsoft's internal servers.[1] In 2017, WikiLeaks revealed that the CIA can hack into Microsoft PCs and use them as microphones for surveillance.[2]
Recuperation of Open Source Software[edit | edit source]
Microsoft demonized the idea of 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.[3]
Microsoft identified that there were weaknesses in the architecture and management costs of the open source community.[4]
Microsoft acquired GitHub in June 2018, likely to play upon the monolithic usage of GitHub by most open source projects.
Aggression against the Linux kernel[edit | edit source]
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.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Elliott Gabriel (2018-04-06). "Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ ZeroHedge.com (2017-03-07). "Wikileaks Releases ‘Vault 7’ – The Largest Leak Of Confidential CIA Documents To Date" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ↑ “...[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.”
Vinod Valloppillil (1998). Halloween I. - ↑ Vinod Valloppillil (1998). Halloween I.
- ↑ “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.”
Vinod Valloppillil (1998). Halloween I.