Het Britse computeragentschap Becta adviseert scholen om licentieovereenkomsten met Microsoft wegens zogenaamde anticompetitieve praktijken niet te ondertekenen.

… een woordvoerder voor Becta zei het probleem was dat Microsoft scholen vereiste om vergunningen voor elke PC in een school te hebben die zijn software zou kunnen gebruiken, of zij eigenlijk dit of lopend iets anders deden.  Lees het volledige artikel op BBC Nieuws (via Slashdot)

De toepassing van het octrooi van Woorden Microsoft. ontbreekt me. Lees wat Wired.Com moest zeggen.

“…In all my years working as a journalist, I’ve never seen any technology company spin information the way Microsoft did today. The press release on OOXML ratification is a blueprint for spinning semantics, and the stringing together of truths and half-truths to seemingly make the outcome of one event something else altogether. Microsoft’s press release and statements contained therein are shocking. The amount of propaganda conveyed by this one press release is reason for Microsoft customers or partners to reflect on their dealings with the company.” Read the full article.

“…Seven states are pushing back against the Department of Justice’s assessment that the landmark antitrust settlement between the United States and Microsoft has removed the anticompetitive obstacles created by the software maker and resulted in more competition in the middleware market. In fact, according to attorneys for California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, known as the “California Group” of plaintiffs, “Microsoft’s market power remains undiminished and … key provisions of the final judgment-those relating to middleware- have had little or no competitively significant impact.” Read the full article.