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Microsoft makes more code public - International Herald Tribune

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:45:03 -0000

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"Today's announcement is still all about the rest of the world interoperating with Microsoft on Microsoft's own terms, not the other way around," said Thomas Vintje, a lawyer representing the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, a Brussels-based group representing Microsoft competitors like Adobe, Nokia and Oracle, which brought one of the new complaints that led to the current EU commission investigations of the company. "The world needs a permanent change in Microsoft's behavior, not just another announcement," he said.

Tags: anti-trust ecis eu odf ooxml

Posted by: garyedwards

EC on Microsoft Interoperability Declaration: Is It April Fools’ Day Already? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:26:35 -0000

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“We have heard high-profile commitments from Microsoft a half-dozen times over the past two years, but have yet to see any lasting change in Microsoft’s behavior in the marketplace,” ECIS Legal Counsel and Spokesman Thomas Vinje said in a statement.

Tags: ecis interoperability microsoft odf ooxml

Posted by: garyedwards

Wizard of ODF: The Foundation on Interop and the List Proposal Vote Deadline

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:05:55 -0000

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Oh, my. Both IBM and Sun voted for the proposal that broke the Foundation's plugin that was going to add full-fidelity native ODF file support to Microsoft Office. So it's sounding to me like at least two of the TC members who voted for the Sun/KOffice proposal didn't check in with the ECIS lawyer before they broke interoperability with Microsoft Office. Do you think Microsoft won't use this evidence in the DG Competition antitrust proceeding, Michael? Let's see, you guys are prosecuting Microsoft for not supporting ODF in Microsoft Office while you block Microsoft Office from supporting ODF. Yeah, I think DG Competition is going to hear about this one from Microsoft. They'll probably hear about what you said about compatibility being a trade off too. Oh, yeah. Microsoft's lawyers are going to love this. Look at the ECIS public statement about interoperability's importance.

Tags: anti-trust ecis foundation odf ooxml opendocument openxml

Posted by: garyedwards