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Microsoft appeals the EC fine but faces even more complaints
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) While new accusations have been brought to Microsoft, the giant company announced on 9 May 2008 that it has appealed, at the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, the 899 million euro fine imposed in February 2008 by the European Commission (EC) for having abused its dominant […]
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OOXML adopted as a new standard by ISO
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Open Office XML has been approved as an international recognized standard by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), despite the open source community voices that have raised a number of problems with the standard as such and with unfair practices during the process with such as committee […]
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European Commission: pro active in using open source software
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission announced it would increase its own use of open source software for ICT projects: “For all new development, where deployment and usage is foreseen by parties outside of the Commission Infrastructure, Open Source Software will be the preferred development and deployment platform.” Valerie Rampie, […]
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European Parliament criticized for not using open standards
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A public petition was initiated by OpenForum Europe, The European Software Market Association, and the Free Software Foundation Europe asking the European Parliament (EP) to change its ICT system in order to allow the adoption of open standards. The petition specifically points to the fact that the […]
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Microsoft's actions investigated again by the European Commission
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has recently extended its formal probes launched on 14 January 2008 against Microsoft in two cases where it has been alleged that the multinational firm had abused its dominant market position. The first case was brought by a complaint from web browser Opera, which […]
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France's gendarmerie goes for open source software
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Gendarmerie, France’s largest administrative body, intends to change in the next years the operating system of 70 000 workstations presently running on Windows XP to Ubuntu. This is a movement that continues the French Government’s efforts to promote migration to open source for some years now. […]
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PirateBay wants a new software standard to replace BitTorrent
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Pirate Bay, the famous torrent Swedish website, may affect BitTorrent programme by developing a new software standard for Internet downloads. According to Peter Sunde, Pirate Bay’s co-founder, the site might have a new, more open alternative of file-sharing software at the beginning of next year. In […]
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Open Document Format gains more support
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The first international workshop of Open Document Format (ODF) public sector users took place in Berlin on 29-30 October 2007, hosted by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. The position of the German Foreign Office, as host of the event, was made very clear. […]
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COMMUNIA: public domain and alternative licensing for knowledge-sharing
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Today’s digital networks offer extraordinary new opportunities for sharing and building upon our global, public pool of knowledge. Shedding light on the scientific, educational, economical, ethical and political importance of the digital public domain has, therefore, become crucial for the future of our knowledge-based societies. This is […]
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OOXML – negative vote at International Organization for Standardization
Microsoft supported format Office Open XML (OOXML) did not received a positive vote in the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) ballot that ended on 2 September 2007, failing to achieve the number of votes necessary for its approval as a standard. Open Office XML is a XML-based file format specification for electronic documents, developed by […]
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Google has joined the Open Invention Network
The Open Invention Network (OIN), the Open source patent-swap body, has received Google as a new member. This means that Google has implicitly agreed not to file any patent infringement action against the Linux community. An OIN member has full access to a collection of more than 100 patents and patent applications which is attractive […]
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A German court held Skype responsible for having failed to meet GPL terms
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following a complained filed by gpl-violations.org which holds the copyright for parts of the Linux kernel, the Munich District Court found Skype in infringement of the General Public Licence (GPL) terms. Skype offered SMC WSKP100 VoIP telephone produced by the Spanish manufacturer SMC Networks, running with Linux, […]
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