____/ Linonut on Thursday 19 July 2007 12:34 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Freeride belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aR9bHOp5bm3A&refer=europe
>>
>>>July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software
>>>maker, is facing deeper scrutiny from European regulators on whether it
>>>is abusing its dominance in word processing and spreadsheets, three
>>>people with direct knowledge of the case said.
>>
>>>The European Commission in Brussels has sent a second questionnaire to
>>>rivals of Microsoft asking them for additional details on how the company
>>>may crimp competition by withholding technical data on Word and Excel,
>>>said the people, who declined to be identified because the letters aren't
>>>public.
Maybe they are just afraid of Microsoft's MIB (Men in Black).
http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244&from=rss
Not kidding! Have a look. MafiaSoft.
> What, turfing/smurfing ECMA isn't evidence enough?
They can never just sweep people under the carpet. People talk, people blog,
people retaliate.
State by state, Microsoft responds to creeping threat
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| Characteristically, as lawmakers like Homan have learned,
| Microsoft's hardly taking a passive position.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/state-state-microsoft-responds-assault/story.aspx?guid=%7BC0D943C4%2D4ADC%2D471C%2D8F87%2D9181A4EC3E7B%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/2akafj
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| As CIO of Massachusetts from February to November last year, Louis
| Gutierrez had to endure most of the brunt of Microsoft Corp.'s political
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| wrath over a state policy calling for the adoption of the Open Document
| ^^^^^
| Format for Office Applications, or ODF -- a rival to the software vendor's
| Office Open XML file format.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012760&source=rss_news50
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| Quinn: Almost to a person, to anybody involved or who knows about
| the ODF issue, they attributed the story to Microsoft, right, wrong
| or otherwise. Senator Pacheco may be a bully but I do not believe he
| is disingenious and would stoop to such a tactic. Senator Pacheco and
| Secretary Galvin's office remain very heavily influenced by the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine, as witnessed by their
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| playbook and words, in my opinion.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729
MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
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