On Mit, 2004-03-24 at 02:16, John Hasler wrote: > The only part that matters is the part about interfaces and formats. If > they are allowed to "license" those rather than publish them the whole > thing is nearly meaningless.
Somehow you're right, but then again... what could they do? Forcing MS to simply make it public would effectively nationalize some of MS' assets -- I doubt that such a step would be legally possible in the EU. So what remains? Licensing. If the licenses are too expensive, or in any other way not acceptable, the competition commision may stage an encore. That's slow and cumbersome, but I don't think this step may be omitted. cu, Schnobs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
