I honestly don't know what the EU is trying to do here. This just sounds kinda stupid.
I honestly don't know what the EU is trying to do here. This just sounds kinda stupid.
I do. They're trying to break the Exchange effective monopoly.
If they can get Exchange unlocked, then the Euro open source people can come up with a competitor - and that is the exact thing that Microsoft does *not* want, as it is one of only two things keeping MS alive in the server space.
I agree, if the request were merely for a robust and well published API I think it would be reasonable but internal details of software MS has developed should be theirs to do with as they please.