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Spring break 05: Slashdotters gone wild
(More than 200 slashdotters, or almost all of them, agree: AdTIers just wanna have FUD, &tc.; Tho as v8s4ever puts it: "Just remember one famous comment... First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." — Mohandas Gandhi.)
Posted by Zonk
Slashdot
March 25, 2005

Think-tank report lays into Linux
(The legal time-bomb of laches)
By Matthew Broersma
Techworld
March 23, 2005

Special report: Microsoft vs. Linux Security
Buys Inc. Attorneys
Techworld
January 29, 2005

Samizdat updates
Compiled by AdTI staff
(An ongoing archive)
May 2004 & ff.

Is Torvalds really the father of Linux?
"I'd agree that 'inventor' is not necessarily the right word" — Torvals
Zdnet
May 19, 2004

Samizdat excerpt: The origins of Linux
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
May 2004

Outsourding and IP devaluation
Excerpt and discussion board
Linux Today
May 12, 2004

Something to think about dept.
(Patents and the Penguin) Posted by CmdrTaco.net
Slashdot
May 11, 2004

Windows Users Have Fewer Vulnerabilities
(Microsoft Corp. posting of Forrester Report excerpts)
May 5, 2004

Outsourding and IP devaluation
By Ken Brown
Darwin
April 26, 2004

Patents and the Penguin
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
April, 2004

Linux security controversy
By Dan O'Dowd
Greenhill Software
April 19, 2004
(Part two here and part three here.)

Linux: Unfit for national security?
"Days after an embedded-industry CEO stirred up a firestorm by charging that Linux poses a threat to U.S. security, two prominent computing-security experts said last week that some developers are already inappropriately using Linux in critical security applications where it isn't suitable."
By Charles Murphy
EE Times
April 19, 2004

Open source security "not good enough"
By Rodney Gedda (Computerworld)
CIO.com.au
March 19, 2004

Outsourcing and the devaluation of intellectual property
By Ken Brown
AdTI Research Report
March 10, 2004

Linux security problems are your own fault
(Translation: Deploy Linux, we'll be behind you all the way to blame you for any problems.)
By Matthew Broersma
Linuxworld (posted from Techworld)
March 8, 2004

Developers take Linux attacks to heart
By Robert Lemos
CNET News
December 9, 2003

"Gentoo rsync.gentoo.org server compromised"
Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
Gentoo.org
December 8, 2003

Debian: Serious Linux Security Flaw Enabled Attack
By Paul Thurrott
Windows&.Net Ezine
December 2, 2003

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt at Linux World
By Paul Thurrott
Windows ITPro
August 4, 2003

Aberdeen Group says Linux/UNIX is as vulnerable as Windows
By John McCormick
Tech Republic
January 6, 2003

Open Source and Linux: 2002 Poster Children for Security Problems
"Open source software is now the major source of elevated security vulnerabilities for IT buyers."
By Jim Hurley
Aberdeen Group
January 2003

Study: Linux's Security Problems Outstrip Microsoft's
"Open source software has surpassed Microsoft software in terms of security problems, according to an Aberdeen Group report. 'Open source software, commonly used in many versions of Linux, Unix, and network routing equipment, is now the major source of elevated security vulnerabilities for IT buyers,' the report stated."
By James Maguire
NewsFactor Network
November 15, 2002

Open source: A case for e-governance
By Sjha1@aol.com
Bytesforall
October 18, 2002

Apache and OpenSSH Vulnerabilities
"If you don't know how to make security fixes on your Linux systems or do not have permission to do them, remove the systems from the Net until you or someone else can fix them." (Translation: If you deploy Linux, make sure you have a staff of several Linux programmers available 24 hours a day for those occasions when you need to shut down your IT systems. Or, call the IBM help robot. ;-) )
By Don Marti
Linux Today
June 15, 2002

CPI: Cyberspace Policy Institute Accepts Debate with AdTI
By Tony Stanco
Linux Today
June 17, 2002

US Gov't Still Penguin Shy
By Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate
Wired News
June 12, 2002

Study: Open source poses security risks
By Matthew Broersma
Zdnet
May 31, 2002


Examination of the Open Source Software Debate
Developing software inherently creates two versions – one that is sealed or executable and one that is open source, disclosing the underlying code. The decision to keep code secret is the prerogative of the programmer. And it is this prerogative that propels us into the open source debate.
June 2002

Press Announce New AdTI Study on MCSE Training:

Keep Trade on Track
By Stanley Crossick and Kenneth Brown
The Washington Times
August 12, 2001

The Internet Privacy Debate
International Journal of Communications Law and Policy
Kenneth Brown
March 8, 2001

Inc. 500 Shops Value Certification Most
Contract Professional
February 2001

Familiarity Breeds Respect
Purple Squirrel
February 2001

Mergers &Acquisitions
The Year in Defense
January 2001

Technology Trends: Program Provides Information For New Age
Napsnet.com
January 2001

The Impact of Technology
Training Programs
Case Study: MCSE Training
or go directly to the study
AdTI Study
December 2000

Break up Microsoft? Rest of world pooh-poohs the notion
The Herald Business Journal
December 2000

The Internet Privacy Debate
Kenneth Brown
Privacy Law Advisor
November 29, 2000

Data Access and Privacy Issues on Internet Clash
Kenneth Brown
Federal Times
November 6, 2000

Press Release: Japan, Switzerland, and the EU do NOT insist on breakup of Microsoft, unlike the U.S.
Byron Hurst
October 24, 2000

The Tech Industry: The New Target of Consumer Activism
Kenneth Brown
iMP Magazine
October 23, 2000

Fine Microsoft, use funds for new competition
Gregory Fossedal
Shenandoah Valley-Herald
July 5, 2000

Fine Microsoft and use funds to catalize new competition
Kenneth Brown
Conway Springs Star
June 22, 2000

Break-up Remedy for Microsoft
Not Supported by Key Democrats

Press Release
April 24, 2000

Technology and The Congressional Black Caucus
Gregory Fossedal
East St. Louis Monitor
March 9, 2000

One Year Makes the Difference in Access Debate
Kenneth Brown
Multichannel News
May 1, 2000

Breaking Windows Over Antitrust Dogma
Kenneth Brown
The Washington Times
February 23, 2000

The Market Place Should Rule on Technology
Kenneth P. Brown
The Journal of Commerce
February 23, 2000

Public Private Partnership and Education in America
Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader, Ph.D.
EducationNews.org
February 3, 2000

Pause the Microsoft Case and Examine U.S. Anti-trust Policy
Gregory Fossedal
Press Release
January 14, 2000

Punishing Winners Hurts the Marketplace
Andrew Sellgren
Journal of Commerce
November 15, 1999

Suit Threatens U.S. Computer Dominance
by Michael Ebert
The Journal of Commerce
September 16, 1999

Taking a Byte Out of Microsoft
Melanie Scarborough
The Washington Times
September 7, 1999

Keeping America's High-Tech Edge
Gregory Fossedal
Investors Business Daily
August 9, 1999