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1. Comment - Interview: Microsoft Exec Talks IE7, RSS

   (Feb 19, 2006 - 9:18 PM)

   I certainly hope that Microsoft doesn't do something less than honest by claiming to have invented or even pioneered technologies like RSS, AJAX, (clears throat) CSS support, etc. I'm sure they have worked hard on this browser, but the monoculture at Microsoft that I perceive seems to feel that something doesn't exist really until they implement it. Monoculture whether it be at Microsoft of Apple will get you into trouble, and money just prolongs the severity of the consequences.

2. Comment - EU: No Fee for Windows Source Code

   (Jan 31, 2006 - 1:33 PM)

   I've been following this story for a while now too. It appears to me that Microsoft is trying to get out of licensing its protocols to specific parties, namely the open source community. They keep on skirting the issue. "Oh it's not enough to have stringent and exclusionary licensing policy for the server protocols? Well I *guess* we'll have to have a stringent licensing policy around the whole body of source code." Ummm...no, just take out the exclusionary part of your licensing policy - the part that makes it impossible for open source projects. Stick to the ruling. It's like a 3 year old - "I'm sorry I hit my brother, what if I am really nice to my sister and hit my brother. Does that make things okay?"