____/ Jerry McBride on Sunday 16 September 2007 01:00 : \____
> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>>>> NoStop on Monday:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
>>>>>> RTGAM.20070910.wgtmsft0910/BNStory/Technology/home
>>>>
>>>> The EU wants to maintain independence from other first world
>>>> countries outside EU. To do that requires establishment of
>>>> its own industries. An outside monopoly providing software
>>>> outside the EU does not provide bread on the table in EU.
>>>> Yes, there are corollary jobs that are related, but overall
>>>> the EU needs to develop their own industries. That is where
>>>> the jobs will be.
>>>>
>>>> We will know for sure after Monday.
>>>
>>> Some research has shown that Europe will be better off
>>> (financially) if it develops its own Free software. The
>>> decision in Europe is very important because it's seen as
>>> somewhat of a benchmark to be used in the US, where states
>>> demand Microsoft supervision and oversight until 2012.
>>
>> Actually, the whole world will benefit. Even the US had a
>> thriving software industry until the near monopoly monopolised
>> the office automation productivity software. Most of those
>> companies and offices are no longer around.
>>
>> We have seen what happened when the near monopoly monopolised the
>> PC network system. Many of those companies are no longer around.
>>
>> Now they are attempting to monopolise the server market. This
>> and the related network competition lock-out are the essence of
>> EU punitive actions. If the courts do not back their
>> commissioner's decisions, it will remove any teeth it has for
>> future decisions.
>>
>>> Novell, mind you, is on the bad side here. Microsoft is using
>>> Novell, again. As if OOXML and other nasties weren't enough
>>> use...
>>
>> We have seen the effects of "embrace, extend, extinguish".
>> OOXML's lack of adherence to standards makes it a poor model to
>> employ as a standard. Remember, it is possible for even
>> Microsoft Office to be ODF compatible (until they broke it by
>> bypassing the ODF filter in Office 2007 during file opening,
>> rendering it useless).
>>
>
> Makes for great reading... It's hard to believe that there's an actual
> business in filling bittorrent with bogus files... Amazing.
New vids on Monday's decision. FWIW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZgBFhMP5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLEN90KO14
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~~ Best of wishes
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