Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Jan 2008 23:16 UTC, submitted by Tanked
The European Commission is launching two new anti-competition investigations against US computer giant Microsoft. The first will look at whether Microsoft unfairly ties its Explorer internet browser to its Windows operating system. In the parallel investigation, the Commission will look at the interoperability of Microsoft software with rival products. Note: Remember the OSNews comic? Here is a new comic, which, for now, is attached to the story it relates to. We are working on a separate section for the comic, but until that is done, I will sporadically publish comics this way. I have a whole stack of comics ready for when that section goes live - and you can see the name for the comic too, if you look "closely". Enjoy the new comic, titled "Hawaii".
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Member since:2005-07-24
Government: "We've decided to use your software product; now as a result we are requiring you to give us your code."
Michael,
How very disingenuous of you to distort my original statement so. And you knew that very well when you did it. How about:
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Government: "We, and many of the people of Europe, depend upon the listed software products; thus we are requiring, in the interest of the people, that the relevant protocol documentation for those products be made available."
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The fact that you find it necessary to distort other people's statements to make your "point" speaks volumes.
-Steve Bergman
Edited 2008-01-15 20:50 UTC
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"These new investigations could result in documentation for protocols used by Exchange and other important software being opened up. One would have thought that protocols so critical to so many, including government entities, would have to be open as a matter of law. But since it's not, we have to go through this exercise."
Government: "We've decided to use your software product; now as a result we are requiring you to give us your code."