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Microsoft on the Cusp
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| Now, as I've noted several times before, such “reasonable and
| non-discriminatory” terms aren't necessarily much use to free software, since
| they can be both and still incompatible with major licences like the GNU GPL.
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| This seems to mean that free software projects will be able to pay a
| relatively small upfront fee, with no per copy licensing – necessary to allow
| copies to be made and passed on without worrying about such fees.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2386&blogid=14
Microsoft's EC proposals now include ODF and interoperability
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| Moody believes that, given the detail of these proposals, Microsoft already
| had these plans in place before they made the original proposal and that it
| was "being as awkward as possible". Despite the commitment to ODF as a
| document format, there are still issues over interoperability with Microsoft
| applications and other applications which produce and consume ODF documents.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Microsoft-s-EC-proposals-now-include-ODF-and-interoperability--/news/113850
Parsing the Microsoft - EU Interoperability Commitment
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| Last week, Microsoft and the EU each announced that they had reached a
| proposed settlement of the various anticompetition law violation claims that
| had been brought against Microsoft by the EC. If you've been reading the
| reams of articles that have been written since then, you may have noticed
| that the vast majority of the virtual ink spent on the story has been
| directed at the terms relating to browser choice. Typically, and as an
| afterthought, most of these stories have added a brief mention that a
| settlement has also been provisionally reached relating to "another" dispute,
| this one relating to interoperability.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20090727051340528
Killer Rabbits
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| Essentially, the news are about Microsoft discussing OpenOffice.org as a
| competitor. That’s interesting, usually Microsoft does not like to speak
| about competitors coming from the Free Software Community, except when it’s
| about patents on code it allegedly infringes.
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http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/07/27/killer-rabbits/
Recent:
Why Microsoft Hates - No, *Really* Hates - ODF
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| What this means is that Microsoft is only making big money on its Office
| suite, for whose luxurious margins it must therefore fight tooth and nail.
| Which, judging by its behaviour at the ISO, and some more recent stories, is
| exactly what it is doing in the face of growing pressure from open ODF-based
| alternatives like OpenOffice.org.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2269&blogid=14
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