[zeugma]

Ya know, if Microsoft thinks it is so wrong to use open protocols, perhaps they should rethink their usage of TCP/IP. After all, if open protocols are bad, they should feel good about eliminating them from their products as possible.

Perhaps they could get some of those folks they offshoring to china to work on their new networking protocols.

[Bush2000]

Ya know, if Microsoft thinks it is so wrong to use open protocols, perhaps they should rethink their usage of TCP/IP. After all, if open protocols are bad, they should feel good about eliminating them from their products as possible.

This isn't about open protocols such as TCP/IP, etc. It's about closed protocols that MS created (ie. ActiveDirectory, domain server logins, etc) that the EU wants opened up for interoperability.