Open Letter to DOJ re Microsoft Settlement
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
bero at redhat.de
Tue Jan 22 16:54:56 CST 2002
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Dan Kegel wrote:
> I've drafted an open letter to the Department of Justice to explain why
> the proposed settlement should not be accepted; it's at
> http://www.kegel.com/remedy/letter.html
Just read it - I like it, but IMO it's missing a couple of important
points:
* Opening the APIs and some file formats will not help at all if they are
protected by restrictive patents. It is vital that Microsoft must be
prevented from using those patents against potential competitors.
This applies in particular to the "ASF" format Microsoft is pushing as
a standard format for video distribution, but preventing anyone else
from using through patent #6,041,345.
* Microsoft uses OEM deals that prevent OEMs from shipping computers
pre-loaded with a "dual boot" configuration that would allow users to
use both Windows and a competing operating system, such as Linux.
If you think having a non-US citizen signing the letter, feel free to add
me (Software Developer, Red Hat, Inc.).
LLaP
bero
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