Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

2012/11/19 Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>

> On 2012-11-19 6:54 AM, M Henri Day <mhenriday@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2012/11/19 Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
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>  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

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