[SGVLUG] Microsoft looses in the EU ...

Christopher Smith x at xman.org
Mon Oct 22 17:15:55 PDT 2007


Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
>
> *A Matti-style link:*
>
> *_http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSKIM25189420071022_*
>
> *Short version:  Microsoft agrees to pay fines for non-compliance in
> the EU for 2005/2006; agrees to provide interoperability info to the
> likes of Samba and other open source developers; but still won't foot
> the bill for dinner...*
>
Hmmm... I'd read other stories on this today which said that they were
going to license the interoperability information "for a reasonable
fee", and made no mention of the "free as in beer AND speech* version.
Interesting what does and doesn't make the news sometimes. ;-)

--Chris


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