[Only been 2 weeks since the last time they tried this and failed.]
Microsoft Spins IE 8 Rendering Changes
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| News Commentary. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 press release is shameless
| propaganda.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft claims the move is "consistent with its efforts to promote further
| interoperability across the Web." The press release reads like Microsoft is
| taking some new, bold interoperability position with IE 8.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/microsoft_spins_ie8_rendering_changes.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
There's another piece on the site about how Microsoft 'bribed' the Library of
Congress to essentially exclude Linux users (or require 'patent tax' for
access). Appalling. They will have to pay many more fines at this pace.
Silverlight is watched by the EU Commission /and/ the States.
de Icaza is meanwhile strutting his Moonlight in his latest blog item. What on
earth is Novell doing?!?!
Related:
Opera files EU antitrust suit against Microsoft
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| Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the European
| Union, accusing it of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer web
| browser to Windows.
|
| The complaint, which was filed by the Norwegian firm with the European
| Commission yesterday, says Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the
| desktop PC market by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of
| Windows, and hindering interoperability by not following accepted standards
| with IE.
|
| Opera is asking the Commission, the executive branch of the European Union,
| to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows, or include other browsers as
| a standard part of its operating system. It also wants it to require
| Microsoft to adhere to industry standards with its Web browser.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?newsid=6663
Related:
ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon for
| network applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1998 9:44 AM
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
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http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
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