__/ [ flyer ] on Friday 23 March 2007 00:56 \__
> In article <1893265.UU7v3kDaFW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> Microsoft continues abuse, EU official says
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>> | The European Union's top antitrust official, Neelie Kroes, told the
>> | European Parliament on Thursday that Microsoft continues to gain
>> | market share through "abusive behavior."
>> `----
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>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6169555.html
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>>
>> Related:
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>> Microsoft finds a few overlooked interoperability protocols
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>> | Microsoft Corp is still finding communications protocols that it
>> | should be licensing to rivals almost five years after it was
>> | ordered to do so following the US antitrust decision.
>> |
>> | The details are revealed in the latest joint status report,
>> | which outlines the US Department of Justice's concerns that
>> | the company is still finding protocols that should have been
>> | included in the Microsoft Communications Protocol Program
>> | but were "inadvertently overlooked".
>> `----
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>>
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=41E367D5-2E83-4928-A677-83A156A0FE61
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>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | A number of Microsoft ex-employees and certified developers have
>> | referred to much of Microsoft's formal documentation as
>> | "undocumentation"
>> `----
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>> http://www.sonic.net/~undoc/comes_v_microsoft/Supp_Rpt_Andrew_Schulman.pdf
>>
>
> Well just more ammunition to help along the EU Comission report
> predicting that Linux will be 32% of IT by 2010.
I think it is important that we make all that stuff (precedence and evidence)
avaliable for those in the EU who research to find supporting material. By
getting a lot of that stuff from Doug indexed as text and putting related
news in Groklaw, diplomats are definitely seeing that it's a recurring
pattern. They respond accordingly. And make no mistake. People read these
things. As such, Linux will rise as a litigious consequence, based not only
on merits, but also the future possibility of embargoing an abusive
monopoly. At the moment, the EU only demands disclosure of protocols and
removal of prebundled components. These requests have been largely
fruitless, so if this cycle of arrogance continues, expect more radical
action. I'm not talking about disconnecting all machines that boot into
Windows because they sabotage their neighbouring nodes and contaminate the
network. I'm talking about a government strategy, such as the one proposed
by the Tories. Open Source can go on the national agenda. Countries like
South Africa have already gone in this direction. And it's one among many
countries that do this at some level of capacity. China, Russia, Venezuela,
Germany...
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