For those that have been wondering about the status of the anti-trust
trial which seems to have been put on ice indefinitely, Financial Times
has an update on EU anti-trust activities of the famous robber baron and
his lobbyists:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/37b7160a-5484-11da-826c-00000e25118c.html
This is probably just one result of many from the strategy of ongoing
delays.
The fight is about illegally leveraging (tying) a monopoly in desktop
operating systems in to one of specific applications and formats. The
specific application and formats are not directly related to OOo, but the
loss there in the EU would make it more difficult for OOo to compete.
However, an equal or greater threat to OOo would be software patents. I
would guess that something is in the works for next summer vacation as
well, but less visible than last summer.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog ...
... until you start barking.
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