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Story: Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
Posted by: Chris Rankin (Sunday 20 March 2005, 12:03 AM)
Sarcasm or reverse psychology, Boris? I can't tell. But all the EU is asking Microsoft for is the complete API to be freely available. And having the API means that you can (finally) have an intelligent conversation with the piece of Microsoft technology that you have *already bought*. So Microsoft's share-holders *are* getting a return.
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Story: Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
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As usual, a one sided deal to the extreme. Arthur B. -
Excellent article!!
Great digest. Ulrich Hobelmann
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What a stupidly one-sided view of the entire issue... Anonymous
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Hi my name mitsu_pit, I'm an Alien, I came all thi... mitsu_pit
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protocols != applications. Microsoft, in its capa... bobby
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Mr Anonymous Salesperson: Microsoft wrote tha... Chris Rankin -
Microsoft's behaviour is clearly outrage... Boris -
Sarcasm or reverse psychology, Bori... Chris Rankin -
The article is too cynical for me to understand it... Anonymous
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So much for objectivity in reporting..
WTF?
Micros... Adam S
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So in summary, Adam S, you believe that no-on... Chris Rankin
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Adam S, despite what you may think, a protocol is... Trev
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it would be an interesting exercise to calcul... Jezter~
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Looks like Bill Gates is still treating... harry
