2012/11/19 Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> > On 2012-11-19 6:54 AM, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2012/11/19 Tanstaafl<tansta...@libertytrek.org> > > <snip>
> An excellent exposition of the methods used by Microsoft to «protect» its >> «intellectual property» - more accurately described as using its >> quasi-monopoly to exclude others from the market.... >> > > There is one more hing that could turn this around - if the EU (or some > other major governmental entity) were to engage in and win an antitrust > lawsuit against Microsoft and force them to *fully* document their file > formats, as happened with their Windows Server SMB protocols (which I > understand has benefited the Samba project immensely). > A consumation devoutly to be wished.... Henri -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
