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OSBC: The Microsoft/Novell panelOSBC: The Microsoft/Novell panelPosted May 31, 2007 10:47 UTC (Thu) by NRArnot (subscriber, #3033)Parent article: OSBC: The Microsoft/Novell panel
Everything Microsoft says should be judged in the context of their long-ongoing dispute with the EU (about full disclosure of protocols necessary for inter-operability, which constitutes abuse of a monopoly). Microsoft prefers to refuse to do what it has been ordered to do by the EU judicial system, and to pay huge fines as a consequence.
In the most basic terms, it would far rather continue to break EU law, than allow its competitors (including the open-source Samba project) free and unfettered access to the information necessary to write a fully-functional alternative to Windows 200x server.
The old jibe (about Windows 98) still rings true. "A 32-bit graphics environment layered on a 16-bit OS designed for an 8-bit CPU with 4-bit ancestry, written by a two bit company that can't stand even one bit of competition"!
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OSBC: The Microsoft/Novell panel Posted Jun 9, 2007 22:23 UTC (Sat) by renox (guest, #23785) [Link] While I agree with 'Everything Microsoft says should be judged in the context of their long-ongoing dispute with the EU' the part 'Microsoft prefers to refuse to do what it has been ordered to do by the EU judicial system, and to pay huge fines as a consequence.' is false: MS has not payed any euro-cent to the EU yet as far as I know.
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