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Open Source, Open Standards Under Attack In Europe
Glyn Moody writes "A battle for the soul of European IT is taking place behind closed doors in Brussels. At stake is the key Digital Agenda for Europe, due to be unveiled in a month's time. David Hammerstein, ex-Member of European Parliament for the Greens, tweeted last week: 'SOS to everyone as sources confirm that Kroes is about to eliminate "open standards" policy from EU digital agenda; Kroes has been under intense lobbying pressure from Microsoft to get rid of interoperability and open source goals of EU.' This is confirmed by the French magazine PC Inpact (Google translation), which also managed to obtain a copy of the draft Digital Agenda (DOC). It's currently supportive of both open source and open standards — but for how much longer?"
Glyn Moody is well-known for posting articles that lack much or any substance and getting them posted here at Slashdot is just a way for him to easily drum up page hits.
Because these "open" standards aren't being predominately developed by multinational corporations that want to sell their own products? You must be profoundly ignorant of the real world if you think these supposed "open" standards aren't steered by and tainted by corporate greed as much as any "proprietary" standard.
Seems to me open standards would hinder a closed-sourced DRM scheme designed to limit communication.
Why? There's nothing stopping someone from taking any open standard format and slapping on a DRM scheme.
Lunix isn't trolling, he's making an observation, and one that's not too wrong either.
Keep your eyes to the sky.
And look, the Redmond Whores come out to play.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
This about me not having to pay rent to MS to interact with my government.
So instead you pay it to IBM? How exactly are you some how better off?
Think about this: look at the vision of Europe laid out by Hitler in Mein Kampf then look at Europe today. Not to Godwin or anything, it's worth just taking a an objective look. While the finer details maybe different, the general picture is eerily similar. Makes one wonder just who really won WWII sixty years later...
"The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money" - Thatcher.
Wow, you are dumb
Qxe4
Living next door to Redmond in Seattle, I have met many current and former Microsoft employees. I hear 3 things from most every current employee: 1. Linux is... (insert term of derision) 2. You would not have the problem if you would just use Windows. 3. You have to use Windows, you don't have a choice. Is the attitude of the employees a reflection of the corporation they work for?