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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
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Event |
| 12:00p |
Microsoft's Peace Treaty With the 'Linux System'
The company has joined OIN, giving up its ability to sue users of Linux for infringing any of 90,000 or so patents it holds. Not everyone in the open source community believes in its good intentions. | | 4:51p |
Microsoft Transfers Risk of Power Prices That Vary With the Wind
Microsoft has helped develop a way to protect corporate buyers of clean power from electricity prices that go up and down with the weather
• The company is using a risk-management tool called a volume-firming agreement for almost 500 megawatts of wind projects, through an agreement with the insurance giant Allianz SE
• A volume-firming agreement is designed to supplement long-term power-purchase deals by passing weather-related risk to another party, such as an insurance company | | 5:42p |
AT&T Data Center Fire Cuts Off Internet for North Texas Customers
Fire at an AT&T data center in Richardson, Texas, cut off internet connectivity and U-Verse TV services for customers in North Texas Monday
• City officials said the fire started at the facility’s power switch and burned primary and backup electrical systems
• The local fire department hasn’t determined the cause of the fire |
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