Public archives of Microsoft dirty tricks hidden by Archive.org and others

international | sci-tech | other press Thursday February 22, 2007 17:11 by R. Isible

The Register: Volunteers take up the slack and republish Comes vs. Microsoft

Microsoft is often described as "evil" and accused of dirty tactics. Many people assume that these descriptions are inaccurate and that it's "just business" and competition. Perhaps it is, but when you actually read the internal documents that occasionally come to light you realise that they're hell bent on doing whatever they can to squash rivals. One such collection of material came out of the Comes vs. Microsoft case recently. Now, however, that material is disappearing and public internet archives e.g. WaybackMachine/Archive.org have also "cleansed" their records. The moral? If there's something really important then don't rely on private businesses to keep it around for you. Make your own copies, or work with others do do so.

The story is briefly reported by The Register at the link below: