February 2011 - Derby, England
SITFO.org PRESS RELEASE - MICROSOFT MUST CLEAN UP THEIR ACT
Microsoft’s acquisition of IP relating to security and authentication delivered by TADAG (Trusted Authenticated Domains & Gateways) continues to delay the roll out of an architecture essential for the sustainability of the world wide web. Despite having brokered a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp delivered through Derby City Council, in which Bill Gates played a personal role, despite being a Microsoft alpha development partner and lead customer reference at the global launch of BizTalk Server 2006, and despite having demonstrated Microsoft’s clear breaches of its own code of ethical standards, Microsoft has failed to resolve the issue over TADAG that has festered for over five years. A Microsoft lawyer commented that the company’s ethical standards do not relate to matters involving IPR.
It is clear that Microsoft has reached a critical mass of bureaucracy that prevents the engagement of senior executives in ethical matters that have deep implications for their company’s future. The summary of Microsoft’s indiscretion can be found at www.tadag.com, together with a link to the TADAG report. The report, published in January 2008, was delivered to Microsoft Corp’s senior executives at the request of Microsoft’s own lawyers, and has never been contended or challenged.
ENDS.
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David Gale | CEO | SITFO – Strategic IT Framework Organisation | Derby | England | E: david.gale@sitfo.org
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