On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:48:51PM +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
Groklaw story with transcript from Sean Daly of the post announcement press Q&A with Neelie Kroes of the EC: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071022114731199
EC's press statement: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1567&forma...
EC's FAQ: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/420&form...
An NY Times article quoting our own Georg: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22cnd-soft.html?_r=1&hp&...
and MS's PR: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-22MSStatement.mspx
I read the events as Neelie Kroes having sold herself out.
Microsoft Tax on information access: 10000 EUR Microsoft Tax on commercial distribution: 0.48% (hello Red Hat) No Microsoft Tax only for non-commercial (bye bye Free Software business) For added points: Comission still pretends Software Patents are valid
How this can be good I don't know...
Rui