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____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 13 Feb 2010 22:56 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> The notion of "interop" (at least at Microsoft) is one of migration
>> TO Windows. Think about Mono for example, They want GNU/Linux and
>> UNIX to 'evolve' TO Microsoft so that it is made easier for Microsoft
>> to earn new clients on platforms and terms it controls with software
>> patents and maturity (it's their own game after all).
>>
>> "Interop" is antithetical wrt open standards.
>
> Microsoft is highly depended upon monopoly maintenance. This move
> appears to be nothing more than a continuance of monopoly maintenance.
> Buy out support for your competition, continue it only for your monopoly
> products. Pure and simple.
>
> IOW, grab all you can, can all you get, poison the rest.
"Every line of code that is written to our standards is a small
victory; every line of code that is written to any other standard,
is a small defeat."
James Plamondon, Microsoft Technical Evangelist.
From Exhibit 3096; Comes v. Microsoft litigation
http://boycottnovell.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/comes-3096.pdf
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