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1. Re: The Open Source AI Definition ? 1.0 (Stephen Loosley)
2. The death of Moore's Law is finally starting to stink |
Digital Trends (Antony Barry)
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:45:13 +1030
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>> The Open Source AI Definition ? 1.0
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Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called Open Cloud
Coalition
Seemingly dissatisfied with CISPE settlement, new UK-centric cloudy industry
group calls for end to restrictive-licensing
By Simon Sharwood Tue 29 Oct 2024
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/open_cloud_coalition_microsoft_google/
Microsoft has alleged that a new group of cloud providers and users is a front
for Google ? a notion the ads and search giant rejects.
Microsoft made the accusation in a Monday post penned by deputy general counsel
Rima Alaily, who wrote .. This week an astroturf group organized by Google is
launching. It is designed to discredit Microsoft with competition authorities,
and policymakers and mislead the public.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/10/28/googles-shadow-campaigns/
Alaily further claimed that Google has gone through great lengths to obfuscate
its involvement, funding, and control, most notably by recruiting a handful of
European cloud providers, to serve as the public face of the new organization.
The Register asked Google about the Microsoft accusation and a spokesperson
told us a site for the Open Cloud Coalition had gone live ? so we assume that
is the group Microsoft is griping about.
The Coalition (OCC) has just ten members at the time of writing: Google Cloud,
UK-based cloud operators Centerprise, Civo, Clairo AI, ControlPlane, DTP Group,
Prolinx, Pulsant and Room 101, plus Spanish outfit Gigas.
The OCC site outlines a mission with the following three elements:
* Advocate for open standards and eliminate restrictive licensing and other
barriers that stifle competition and innovation;
* Collaborate with policymakers to shape fair regulations and build a solid
evidence base for a competitive cloud market;
* Ensure governments support diverse cloud providers, policies that improve
security and reliability, and stimulate innovation.
Current members each have a seat on an Executive Council, which the org says
operates under the guidance of senior advisor Nicky Stewart ? former head of
ICT strategy at the UK Cabinet Office and now a member of the Open Cloud for
Research Environments Expert Advisory Board.
Microsoft has labelled the OCC an astroturfing-operation ? PR-speak for a fake
grass roots organization ? and attacked Stewart for having made submissions to
a UK government inquiry in which she was critical of some Microsoft sales
tactics.
G-cloud boss bails
Google Cloud last week lost its leader. General manager Amit Zavery took to
LinkedIn to announce his departure after six years. He started a new gig on
Monday as president chief product officer, and chief operating officer at
ServiceNow.
Google Cloud hasn't announced a replacement at the time of writing.
Alaily also alleged that one of the companies approached [to join OCC], who
ultimately declined, told us that the organization will be directed and largely
funded by Google for the purpose of attacking the Microsoft cloud computing
business in the European Union and the United Kingdom.
The Microsoft lawyer also alleged the group, and other Google activities, are
designed to be a distraction.
I suspect much has to do with the fact that Google is facing a reckoning, she
argued, pointing out the ads and search giants many anti-trust challenges. It
is disappointing that, with the foundation of their business facing jeopardy,
they have sought to bolster their cloud computing service ? Google Cloud
Platform ? by attacking ours.
The Redmond lawyer also made much of the settlement the software giant reached
with another cloudy industry group, Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in
Europe (CISPE). That deal was struck after CISPE members complained that
Microsoft offers its own software at big discounts when customers also commit
to its Azure cloud. CISPE members saw that as anti-competitive, and won some
concessions.
What exactly did Microsoft promise CISPE in its settlement?
But the deal CISPE won excluded AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud. Alaily
argued those three clouds are very differently situated in the marketplace
compared to CISPE members.
Google in September filed a complaint with the European Commission in which it
alleged that Microsofts licensing practices add millions to customer bills if
they want to run RedmondWare in clouds other than Azure. The search stupendo
today pointed The Register to its rationale for that complaint.
Astroturfing is, sadly, not new, uncommon ? or ineffective. Nor are strident
blog posts accusing rivals of cynical behavior.
The Register suspects more of the latter will appear soon as OCC and Microsoft
duke it out.
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:05:19 +1100
From: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
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Subject: [LINK] The death of Moore's Law is finally starting to stink
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