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Microsoft's flagship product is the operating system [[Windows]], which runs on the majority of personal computers worldwide. Since early versions of the Windows operating system, Microsoft was accused of making their product more computing intensive than necessary to match new [[Intel]] processors in a "process of perpetual upgrades", as a "way of rubbing Intel's back so that Intel will give Microsoft preferential treatment".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050521080133/http://www.microsuck.com/content/whatsbad.shtml saved at [https://archive.is/aHsAt Archive.is]</ref> Windows made [[Bill Gates]], the founder of Microsoft, one of the [[billionaire|richest persons]] alive.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-become-worlds-second-richest.html</ref> Microsoft grew into a multi-billion dollar payer of fines for questionable [[business]] policies. Gates was called a "Napoleon", "unethical" and a "drug trafficker" repeatedly caught as a result of telephone wiretaps by the court of [[Washington D.C]] in a anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft.<ref>http://archive.today/2023.02.06-185903/https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/s78cdb/world_economic_forum_strategic_partner_microsoft/ht8ci9s/</ref> | Microsoft's flagship product is the operating system [[Windows]], which runs on the majority of personal computers worldwide. Since early versions of the Windows operating system, Microsoft was accused of making their product more computing intensive than necessary to match new [[Intel]] processors in a "process of perpetual upgrades", as a "way of rubbing Intel's back so that Intel will give Microsoft preferential treatment".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050521080133/http://www.microsuck.com/content/whatsbad.shtml saved at [https://archive.is/aHsAt Archive.is]</ref> Windows made [[Bill Gates]], the founder of Microsoft, one of the [[billionaire|richest persons]] alive.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-become-worlds-second-richest.html</ref> Microsoft grew into a multi-billion dollar payer of fines for questionable [[business]] policies. Gates was called a "Napoleon", "unethical" and a "drug trafficker" repeatedly caught as a result of telephone wiretaps by the court of [[Washington D.C]] in a anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft.<ref>http://archive.today/2023.02.06-185903/https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/s78cdb/world_economic_forum_strategic_partner_microsoft/ht8ci9s/</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Windows 10=== | ||
| + | {{FA|Windows}} | ||
| + | After the [[Edward Snowden Affair]], Microsoft and other tech companies appear to have become more brazen about data collection. Windows 10 contains in its Terms & Conditions the admission that “''Microsoft collects information about you, your devices, applications and networks, and your use of those devices, applications and networks. Examples of data we collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; and application usage.''”<ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/11/04/nsa-partner-in-crime-microsoft-admits-windows-10-auto-spying-cant-be-disabled/</ref> | ||
===Compaq legal battle=== | ===Compaq legal battle=== | ||
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Windows has been suspected of cooperating with the [[deep state]] at least as far back as the August [[1999]] discovery of [[Windows#Windows_NT|_NSAKey]], although Microsoft denied it at the time, stating that "The key in question is a Microsoft key. It is maintained and safeguarded by Microsoft, and we have not shared this key with the [[NSA]] or any other party." | Windows has been suspected of cooperating with the [[deep state]] at least as far back as the August [[1999]] discovery of [[Windows#Windows_NT|_NSAKey]], although Microsoft denied it at the time, stating that "The key in question is a Microsoft key. It is maintained and safeguarded by Microsoft, and we have not shared this key with the [[NSA]] or any other party." | ||
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| − | {{ | + | ChatGPT creator [[OpenAI]], came under scrutiny in November 2023 when its board abruptly fired Sam Altman as CEO and re-hired him and a new board. |
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| + | Following Altman's ouster, Microsoft swooped in to hire him along with OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman — who quit OpenAI in protest over Altman's termination — to lead a new advanced AI research team at Microsoft, and also offered to hire any other OpenAI employees who wanted to leave. | ||
| + | Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO after his ousting last week, and three board members that participated in his termination have been removed. | ||
| + | At that point, Microsoft, already majority owner in OpenAI, was positioned to essentially "acquire" OpenAI by absorbing its talent, after nearly all the startup's 770 or so workers signed a letter saying they would take Microsoft up on the offer unless Altman was reinstated. | ||
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| + | However, a deal was ultimately reached for Altman to return to OpenAI rather than allowing the $90 billion company to collapse, in what Fortune tech reporter David Meyer wrote is an outcome that "is pretty ideal for Microsoft." | ||
| + | |subjects=OpenAI, Sam Altman, Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence | ||
| + | |authors= Breck Dumas | ||
| + | |source_URL=https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/microsoft-celebrates-openais-return-stability | ||
| + | |source_name=FOX News | ||
| + | |date=2023 | ||
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===XBox=== | ===XBox=== | ||
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Microsoft clandestinely installed the [[NewsGuard]] app into the mobile version of the Edge [[browser|web browsers]] to help users in assessing the trustworthiness of news.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/23/microsoft-teams-with-establishment-newsguard-to-create-news-blacklist/</ref> | Microsoft clandestinely installed the [[NewsGuard]] app into the mobile version of the Edge [[browser|web browsers]] to help users in assessing the trustworthiness of news.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/23/microsoft-teams-with-establishment-newsguard-to-create-news-blacklist/</ref> | ||
| − | + | =="Hate Speech"== | |
On May 31, 2016, Microsoft agreed with [[Facebook]], [[Google]] and [[Twitter]] to a [[European Union]] code of conduct obligating them to review "[the] majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal [[hate speech]]" posted on their services within 24 hours.<ref name="guardian-euhatespeech">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/31/facebook-youtube-twitter-microsoft-eu-hate-speech-code</ref> | On May 31, 2016, Microsoft agreed with [[Facebook]], [[Google]] and [[Twitter]] to a [[European Union]] code of conduct obligating them to review "[the] majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal [[hate speech]]" posted on their services within 24 hours.<ref name="guardian-euhatespeech">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/31/facebook-youtube-twitter-microsoft-eu-hate-speech-code</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:11, 10 November 2024
Microsoft is a software company founded by WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1993 members Bill Gates and Paul Allen, which has dominated the personal computer market for decades. A ruling in an antitrust law case decided to break-up the company,[1] which was overturned on appeal.[2]
Contents
Windows
| The Monopoly of Microsoft - 2015 - National Geographic |
Microsoft's flagship product is the operating system Windows, which runs on the majority of personal computers worldwide. Since early versions of the Windows operating system, Microsoft was accused of making their product more computing intensive than necessary to match new Intel processors in a "process of perpetual upgrades", as a "way of rubbing Intel's back so that Intel will give Microsoft preferential treatment".[3] Windows made Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, one of the richest persons alive.[4] Microsoft grew into a multi-billion dollar payer of fines for questionable business policies. Gates was called a "Napoleon", "unethical" and a "drug trafficker" repeatedly caught as a result of telephone wiretaps by the court of Washington D.C in a anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft.[5]
Windows 10
- Full article: Windows
- Full article: Windows
After the Edward Snowden Affair, Microsoft and other tech companies appear to have become more brazen about data collection. Windows 10 contains in its Terms & Conditions the admission that “Microsoft collects information about you, your devices, applications and networks, and your use of those devices, applications and networks. Examples of data we collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; and application usage.”[6]
Compaq legal battle
Microsoft threatened to cut off Compaq Computer's access to Windows 95 in 1997, because Compaq wanted to put the Netscape's browser icon on the desktop its Presario model rather than the Internet Explorer icon.[7][8]
Mass surveillance
- Full article:
Mass surveillance
- Full article:
Windows has been suspected of cooperating with the deep state at least as far back as the August 1999 discovery of _NSAKey, although Microsoft denied it at the time, stating that "The key in question is a Microsoft key. It is maintained and safeguarded by Microsoft, and we have not shared this key with the NSA or any other party."
OpenAI
ChatGPT creator OpenAI, came under scrutiny in November 2023 when its board abruptly fired Sam Altman as CEO and re-hired him and a new board.
| What is going on at Open AI and why was Sam Altman fired? Let's look at the timeline of events and possible theories about the leadership change. - Fireship |
“Following Altman's ouster, Microsoft swooped in to hire him along with OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman — who quit OpenAI in protest over Altman's termination — to lead a new advanced AI research team at Microsoft, and also offered to hire any other OpenAI employees who wanted to leave.
Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO after his ousting last week, and three board members that participated in his termination have been removed. At that point, Microsoft, already majority owner in OpenAI, was positioned to essentially "acquire" OpenAI by absorbing its talent, after nearly all the startup's 770 or so workers signed a letter saying they would take Microsoft up on the offer unless Altman was reinstated.
However, a deal was ultimately reached for Altman to return to OpenAI rather than allowing the $90 billion company to collapse, in what Fortune tech reporter David Meyer wrote is an outcome that "is pretty ideal for Microsoft."”
Breck Dumas (2023) [9]
XBox
Microsoft contractors have admitted to listening to users of XBoxes they "said that recordings were sometimes triggered and recorded by mistake".[10]
Censorship
Microsoft clandestinely installed the NewsGuard app into the mobile version of the Edge web browsers to help users in assessing the trustworthiness of news.[11]
"Hate Speech"
On May 31, 2016, Microsoft agreed with Facebook, Google and Twitter to a European Union code of conduct obligating them to review "[the] majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal hate speech" posted on their services within 24 hours.[12]
External links
- Coverage of the Microsoft antitrust trial up to April 2000 - The Register
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Altman | “Both publicly and internally, leaders at Microsoft are cheering OpenAI's apparent return to normalcy following days of chaos.
The ChatGPT creator, in which Microsoft has reportedly invested some $13 billion, has been on a roller-coaster ride that began Friday when its board abruptly fired Sam Altman as CEO and ended with his return and the appointment of a new board early Wednesday. Following Altman's ouster, Microsoft swooped in to hire him along with OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman — who quit OpenAI in protest over Altman's termination — to lead a new advanced AI research team at Microsoft, and also offered to hire any other OpenAI employees who wanted to leave. Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI as CEO after his ousting last week, and three board members that participated in his termination have been removed. At that point, Microsoft, already majority owner in OpenAI, was positioned to essentially "acquire" OpenAI by absorbing its talent, after nearly all the startup's 770 or so workers signed a letter saying they would take Microsoft up on the offer unless Altman was reinstated. However, a deal was ultimately reached for Altman to return to OpenAI rather than allowing the $90 billion company to collapse, in what Fortune tech reporter David Meyer wrote is an outcome that "is pretty ideal for Microsoft."” | Fox News Sam Altman Breck Dumas | 2023 |
| Big Tech | “So one of the things that these five companies have done kind of masterfully is create these platforms that startups have to use to get to customers. So they all own these cloud-storage services. So Amazon is an example. If you want to store your media online - so, for example, all the movies that you watch on Netflix are actually stored on Amazon servers - so every time you use Netflix, Netflix is kind of paying Amazon for that kind of storage.
Yeah. It's surprising, first of all, because they're such different companies. You wouldn't really know - you wouldn't really think that they would have that kind of connection. And then they're also competitors. Netflix makes original TV shows and so does Amazon. And so, you know, in this way, Netflix has this dependence on one of its competitors. There are lots of different examples of this though. There - you know, all app makers have to put their apps in the Apple app store or the Google app store. And when they sell in those apps, 30 percent of that money goes to Apple or Google. They all have to advertise on Facebook or Google to get customers because that's become the way to advertise on digital platforms. And so any new app - Uber, Airbnb, Netflix, all the other sort of smaller companies online - have to go through these five to get to their customers. And what ends up happening is that other companies succeed, but always these five benefit off of that success.” | Farhad Manjoo | 26 October 2017 |
| Elon Musk | “Despite having perhaps the greatest entrepreneurial streak of all the PayPal Mafia, Musk was purged from PayPal like some kind of toxin. Soon after the merger, Thiel resigned.
Musk became CEO of the combined company and decided it was time for a technological overhaul. Specifically, he wanted to toss out Unix and put everything on a Microsoft (MSFT) platform. That may sound innocent enough to laypeople but not to Unix zealots like Levchin and his team. A holy war ensued. Musk lost. The board fired him and brought back Thiel while Musk was on a flight to Australia for his first vacation in years. “That’s the problem with vacations,” Musk deadpans. Musk still contends he didn’t deserve his fate, that his biggest flaw was being cut from different cloth. “Peter, Max, and I are not directly aligned philosophically,” he says. “Peter’s philosophy is pretty odd. It’s not normal. He’s a contrarian from an investing standpoint and thinks a lot about the singularity. I’m much less excited about that. I’m pro-human.”” | Elon Musk Fortune | 2007 |
| Platformization | “So one of the things that these five companies have done kind of masterfully is create these platforms that startups have to use to get to customers. So they all own these cloud-storage services. So Amazon is an example. If you want to store your media online - so, for example, all the movies that you watch on Netflix are actually stored on Amazon servers - so every time you use Netflix, Netflix is kind of paying Amazon for that kind of storage.
Yeah. It's surprising, first of all, because they're such different companies. You wouldn't really know - you wouldn't really think that they would have that kind of connection. And then they're also competitors. Netflix makes original TV shows and so does Amazon. And so, you know, in this way, Netflix has this dependence on one of its competitors. There are lots of different examples of this though. There - you know, all app makers have to put their apps in the Apple app store or the Google app store. And when they sell in those apps, 30 percent of that money goes to Apple or Google. They all have to advertise on Facebook or Google to get customers because that's become the way to advertise on digital platforms. And so any new app - Uber, Airbnb, Netflix, all the other sort of smaller companies online - have to go through these five to get to their customers. And what ends up happening is that other companies succeed, but always these five benefit off of that success.” | Farhad Manjoo | 26 October 2017 |
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Süreyya Ciliv | CEO of Microsoft Turkey | 1997 | 2000 | With Microsoft until 2007. Attended Bilderberg/2011 |
| Julie Inman Grant | Federal Government Affairs Manager | November 1995 | July 2000 | |
| Julie Inman Grant | Head of Corporate Affairs Australia and New Zealand | August 2000 | December 2004 | |
| Julie Inman Grant | Director of Internet Safety and Security | January 2005 | July 2009 | |
| Peter Lee (Bilderberger) | Corporate Vice President and head of Microsoft Research | September 2010 | Attended Bilderberg/2024 | |
| Christopher Liddell | CFO | 2005 | December 2009 | |
| Craig Mundie | Executive | 1992 | 2014 | Bilderberg Steering committee |
| Kevin Scott | Chief technology officer | January 2017 | Attended Bilderberg/2022 | |
| Aaron Weisburd | Director Threat Context | July 2022 |
References
- ↑ https://www.theregister.com/2000/04/03/ms_guilty_a_monopoly/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050521080133/http://www.microsuck.com/content/whatsbad.shtml saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/elon-musk-overtakes-bill-gates-to-become-worlds-second-richest.html
- ↑ http://archive.today/2023.02.06-185903/https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/s78cdb/world_economic_forum_strategic_partner_microsoft/ht8ci9s/
- ↑ http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/11/04/nsa-partner-in-crime-microsoft-admits-windows-10-auto-spying-cant-be-disabled/
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/1997/10/compaq-exec-microsoft-twisted-firms-arm/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://www.darwinsys.com/history/mslies.html saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/microsoft-celebrates-openais-return-stability FOX News
- ↑ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kv4q/microsoft-human-contractors-listened-to-xbox-owners-homes-kinect-cortana
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/01/23/microsoft-teams-with-establishment-newsguard-to-create-news-blacklist/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/31/facebook-youtube-twitter-microsoft-eu-hate-speech-code
