Author: deryck Date: 2005-07-15 14:43:05 +0000 (Fri, 15 Jul 2005) New Revision: 748
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=748 Log: Adding news story on an article ZDNet UK is running with lots of great quotes from Volker. deryck Added: trunk/news/advocacy/ms_pointless_concessions.html Changeset: Added: trunk/news/advocacy/ms_pointless_concessions.html =================================================================== --- trunk/news/advocacy/ms_pointless_concessions.html 2005-07-14 16:30:00 UTC (rev 747) +++ trunk/news/advocacy/ms_pointless_concessions.html 2005-07-15 14:43:05 UTC (rev 748) @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + <h3><a name="ms_pointless_concessions">Volker Lendecke on Pointless Concessions</a></h3> + + <div class="article"> + <p><a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/";>ZDNet UK</a> is running a story + on the antitrust concessions Microsoft has offered in the EU case. + Samba Team member Volker Lendecke is quoted throughout the piece and + offers some nice insight into the difficulties Free/Open Source Software + developers have with Microsoft's recent royalty-free licence proposal.</p> + + <p>Volker sees the information Microsoft is making available as + "completely pointless." The article continues:</p> + + <blockquote>For example, the royalty-free licence provides basic + information on how a Microsoft server opens a file. But information + on how to manage file privileges is not included under the royalty-free + licence, which means that developers cannot write code that can open a + file held on a Windows file server, unless they sign up to the + royalty-bearing licence that contains information on file privilege + protocols, said Lendecke.</blockquote> + + <p>For more on this, please the complete article, + <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39209007,00.htm";>Microsoft's antitrust concessions are 'pointless'</a>.</p> + </div> + +
