Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Nov 2005 15:49 UTC
Microsoft argues that revealing its server protocols would violate its intellectual property rights, but the Free Software Foundation Europe believes that the software giant's 'secret' information is just a messy implementation of standard technologies.
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Why does this have to go into a flamewar EU vs US?
No one has picked on US as a whole only a company, that should know better then staying with the old and close themself in until their doom.
Last time I checked they had buisness all over the world and not only in US, if they want to play god in their original country then fine.
IMHO it is about time that EU stay up against the big ones to help the little ones, just as US has done a long time but more unpleasently.
Protocols is along with API's a necesserity that they are public so that a programmer can use them if s/he wants to in their project. But apperently Microsoft don't wan't to play nice with others, one begins to wonder why? more bugs and holes in the already broken glass windows.