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Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gpl-isn't-really-open-either-ya-know dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Microsoft is at it again: trying to redefine what 'open' means. This time it wants open standards to be 'balanced' — for them to include patent-encumbered technologies under RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms. Which just happens to be incompatible with free software licensed under the GNU GPL."

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  1. 8==O=P=E=N==S=T=A=N=D=A=R=D=S==D ~~-_ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    thunk.

  2. Re:Is anyone suprised? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the company that basically redefined an "operating system" to no longer just mean the basic power plant that manages the computer's operations...the "operating system" now takes care of antivirus/firewall, digital media, as well as internet browsing and more.

    And I'm supposed to feel-- what? Upset? Angry?-- over that?

    Of course, since Apple added a media player to their OS first (Quicktime 1.0), and since Apple added a firewall to their OS first, you're mostly griping about Apple and not Microsoft. But this is Slashdot, so whatever.

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