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Varied motives behind Microsoft's donations to nonprofits
	John Markoff of the New York Times tackles the issue of the varied motives behind Microsoft's donations to nonprofits. I regard the company's plans to dramatically increase their software donations as simultaneously generous and alarmingly predatory. Posted: 5/27/03; 11:29:09 AM #

Building An Open Source Office (part 2)
	Another good case study from the LINC Project: In part 2 of Building An Open Source Office, they describe their work with a group in Missouri called Grass Roots Organizing. Sadly, so long as Microsoft dumps software into the nonprofit market below market prices, truly open solutions like this one will be harder to justify. Posted: 5/27/03; 11:28:59 AM #

Tim Berners-Lee slides on the Semantic Web
	They are a little hard to follow, but worth skimming: Tim Berners-Lee's presentation slides on the Semantic Web. He lays out all the pieces of the promise of web services, many of which are already finding traction. Posted: 5/27/03; 11:28:45 AM #