Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
> Michael Watterson <watty at eircom.net> writes:
>>> Never mind media player...
>> The important aspect is Domain Controller APIs...
>>>> Exactly.
>> This is what FSFE and Samba have been working to get since 2001.
>> It's been clear for a long time that MS would have to publish
> interoperability info, but MS've always wanted to publish it in a way that
> would require some licensing and would thus exclude free software.
>> The fines are a distraction. That amount of money
>>The amount of the fine is not really the issue they made $15 billion
last year alone. The fact that they did not get there own way in this case
gives hope for future cases agenst MS.
> The important aspect is Domain Controller APIs...
if you want this maybe now is the time to drag the fat cats ass into
court...
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