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Microsoft on the Issues
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Microsoft on the Issues is the company blog at microsoftontheissues.com, writing about politics and business. Since 2009, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “No IE in Windows 7 E(urope)”. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Microsoft corporate blog for the company's official positions on policy issues, such as Windows 7 browser bundling in Europe, Google's market power, and patents and open source.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- No IE in Windows 7 E(urope)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-06-11
- The Browser Choice Screen for Europe: What to Expect, When to Expect It2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-02-19
What Hacker News says?
In Europe, Microsoft will not be selling any version of Windows 7 that includes IE. See http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009...
Comment linking /cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx
on “Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 at the height of cynicism”Submitted The Browser Choice Screen for Europe: What to Expect, When to Expect It as a story · 4 points
HN discussionYou can read Microsoft's take on why Google are a worrying monopoly here: http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010...
Comment linking /cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010/02/26/competition-authorities-and-search.aspx
on “Should Google be broken up into baby Googs?”Submitted No IE in Windows 7 E(urope) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionFrom the same person writing on the same blog last year: "Some observers question how a company can contribute to open source projects while, at the same time, insisting on respect of its intellectual property rights by its competitors. In fact, these two things are not inconsistent, and striking a balance between them is one of the key things every commercial technology company must do in order to compete effective…
Comment linking /cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009/07/22/collaboration-competition-and-ip-in-the-real-world.aspx
on “Is Microsoft About to Declare Patent War on Linux?”Submitted Microsoft Advances Search Privacy with Bing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionDoes it really matter how random it is? Most users will click whatever button will get rid of the message as soon as possible, which I suspect will end up not changing the default. Look at the pictures here: http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010... Both a close button and a "select later" button, nice tempting targets for people who don't care about their browser and just want to search for 'f…
Comment linking /cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010/02/19/the-browser-choice-screen-for-europe-what-to-expect-when-to-expect-it.aspx
on “How Random Is Microsoft’s Random Browser Choice Screen In Europe?”Submitted Microsoft Sues "Malvertisers" as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microsoft Develops Plug-in for Moodle to Aid Teachers, Students(2nd GPL release) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Microsoft wants more H1Bs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Official Microsoft blog on public policy issues as a story · 1 points
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