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EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com)

EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com)

Posted May 26, 2005 21:17 UTC (Thu) by beejaybee (guest, #1581)
Parent article: EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com)

It would be nice if they would donate the fines levied from the Microsoft anti-trust case to this cause. 5% of Microsoft turnover would make $0.8M pale into insignificance!


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EU puts funds toward global research on open source (News.com)

Posted May 26, 2005 22:47 UTC (Thu) by coriordan (subscriber, #7544) [Link]

FSFE is doing a lot of work on the anti-trust case. It might be possible to have Microsoft be required to publish it's protocols and file formats in a royalty free way.

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