[Gllug] [OT] Support model for Linux vs M$

[j.roberts]

salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
>> One way IMHO to enable the environment for a move is to insist that MS
>> publish ALL the details of its interfaces so that Wine et al can work
>> properly. It already does an often-impressive job.
>>
> 
> The EU already ordered this a few years back. Except that you have to pay
> M$ to get the specifications, and many of them are patented anyway.

Yes, that's what I mean. Interoperability should be required by statute 
for basic functionality and interfaces.

Otherwise a society (and its documents) is royally screwed if someone 
who owns the API decides to close it down.

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James Roberts
Stabilys.com
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