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Microsoft Agrees to Release Work Group Protocols

Posted by Zonk on from the kind-of-a-big-deal(tm) dept.

UnknowingFool writes "Groklaw is reporting that the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF) has signed an agreement with Microsoft to release their protocols relating to Windows Work Group Server. The Foundation agrees to pay MS $10,000, and the agreement does not cover patents. This agreement apparently was made to somewhat satisfy the EU Commission complaints. With PFIF's objective to aid open source, this agreement means that the Samba Team may finally get the information they need to fully interoperate with Windows AD servers."

6 of 143 comments (clear)

  1. Re:and you'll see this in a glossy brochure... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> (I've always reckoned Microsoft should release the code for their unsupported OS's such as Windows 3.11)

    How could they? They still use the damn code!

  2. Re:Just another example by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You seem to imply that there is some difference between the US Government and MicroSoft.
    Truly, the only thing more tightly integrated with Windows than Internet Explorer is the Justice Department.
    Was that my outside voice?

  3. Re:Just another example by Handover+Phist · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Slashdot...

  4. Obligatory by FoamingToad · · Score: 2, Funny

    No apostrophe in Nazis. ;-)

  5. Great! by jav1231 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great! Now maybe someone in OSS can figure out how to route Netbeui!

    What!?

  6. In a related announcement... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...a Microsoft press release announced the replacement for Windows Work Group Server, Windows Team-Up. Among its enhancements will be an all-new protocol which Microsoft claims will be more efficient and powerful than its predecessor.

    Chris Mattern