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Blimey.
The European Union will investigate Microsoft?s support for the Open Document Format (ODF) in Office.

If the Commission decides that Office support of ODF doesn't increase customer choice, that would imply that they potentially might prevent Microsoft from supporting this ISO standard?

At the same time, they are investigating the ISO standardization of OOXML (something they strongly indicated they wanted Micrsoft to do).

Just which ISO standard do they want Microsoft to support?

Meanwhile, Microsoft is making a rod for its own back, to say the least, because none of these standard (ODF or OOXML) are without ambiguity, and even if Microsoft intentions are truely good, they'll have a hard time delivering.
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Blimey.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 05/22/08
"market advantages Microsoft won from the ISO decision"  catechumen@... | 05/22/08
Perhaps the investigation is so that they can remove punishment  stevey_d | 05/22/08
Why?  zkiwi | 05/23/08
... might prevent Microsoft from supporting this ISO standard?  Still Lynn | 05/23/08
More a matter or embrace, extend, extinguish  Mitch 74 | 05/25/08
EU and competition in the same sentence?  Vesicant | 05/22/08
The EU has always been pro competition  Golodh2 | 05/22/08
... its national interests are threatened.  Still Lynn | 05/23/08
Pro Competition - like WWF wrestling  hickum | 05/23/08
have a look again  shis-ka-bob | 05/22/08
wee willie  sackbut | 05/23/08
Sorry about yours!  superbiskit@... | 05/23/08
Yes, and who cares which product is better?  bigsibling | 05/23/08
BS!  superbiskit@... | 05/23/08
Look at what the EU has done in telco competition  tony@... | 05/23/08
I've been telling you people...  Linux Geek | 05/22/08
Huh?  Vesicant | 05/22/08
M$ reasons are...  Linux Geek | 05/22/08
Again, huh?  Vesicant | 05/22/08
Why should MS GPL any of their code?  bjbrock | 05/22/08
RE: EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap  Loverock Davidson | 05/22/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 05/22/08
Want some freedom fries with that?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 05/22/08
Microsoft does need the EU.  Anton Philidor | 05/22/08
And let us not forget  superbiskit@... | 05/23/08
FYI...  safesax2002 | 06/01/08
No  Loverock Davidson | 05/22/08
loverock please  Quebec-french | 05/22/08
What are you talking about?  GuidingLight | 05/22/08
we are so unlucky  Quebec-french | 05/22/08
Yes, you are very unlucky.  xuniL_z | 05/25/08
We're way, way off-topic. However ...  superbiskit@... | 05/23/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 05/22/08
Loverock, you just don't get it...  olePigeon | 05/22/08
Loverock's OK  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 05/22/08
You make it sound as though only Microsoft  GuidingLight | 05/22/08
You're missing the point...  olePigeon | 05/22/08
Leave Loverock alone  theo_durcan | 05/22/08
If you think hte EU commission is for fairness, you're so naive.  transposeIT | 05/23/08
There's no country that doesn't protect ...  raul62 | 05/23/08
Crap  Samun56 | 05/23/08
Care to substantiate your rant?  Golodh2 | 05/22/08
"I won't stand for it."  Still Lynn | 05/23/08
Since when did MS ignore the EU market? It's one of their biggest...  transposeIT | 05/23/08
LOL!!!  Still Lynn | 05/23/08
I give ya a 0.0069 on that one, bud.  OButterball | 05/22/08
Look before you rant ...  Golodh2 | 05/22/08
'I can't wait until Microsoft finally pulls out of the EU, the EU economy  mhenriday | 05/23/08
The Loverock Credibility Gap  tony@... | 05/23/08
You simply *can't* buy EU support  Samun56 | 05/23/08
Easy to see what "god" YOU worship  superbiskit@... | 05/23/08
ODF is a standard everyone has a right...  bjbrock | 05/22/08
One link not to miss  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 05/22/08
Both standards are broken  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/08
OXML is no standard ... despite rumours  Golodh2 | 05/22/08
Never thought I'd see the day happy.  JeremyAllison | 05/22/08
the EU might be investigating so they can remove current fines in operation  stevey_d | 05/22/08
Why remove the fines?  zkiwi | 05/23/08
Why would they need to GPL anything  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/08
Hell froze over? I agree wit No_Axe here...  Mitch 74 | 05/25/08
A third "hard fact"  Anton Philidor | 05/22/08
Not dead yet !  JeremyAllison | 05/22/08
You're not fooling anyone, y'know.  Anton Philidor | 05/22/08
My, my, what intellectual IT Technology knowledge you exhibt!  Ole Man | 05/22/08
... Microsoft had to remove the effectiveness of ODF as a tool ...  Still Lynn | 05/23/08
Umm, which cart Jeremy  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/08
I expect nothing less.  TripleII | 05/22/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 05/22/08
On depriving employees of Office...  Anton Philidor | 05/22/08
are you spreading FUD?  Linux Geek | 05/22/08
Again, nothing less, links provided  TripleII | 05/22/08
Hundreds, thousands vs Millions  Anton Philidor | 05/22/08
Better, you linked proof. Bad news links enclosed.  TripleII | 05/22/08
Oops, bad math.  TripleII | 05/22/08
Willing  Anton Philidor | 05/23/08
Vista has invoked the image of a mighty river.  kozmcrae | 05/23/08
Keep hoping  Anton Philidor | 05/23/08
Sorry, my mistake.  kozmcrae | 05/23/08
The 180 million Vista sales  Still Lynn | 05/24/08
On depriving fish of bicycles...  Still Lynn | 05/23/08
I find the EU's timing quite suspicious  GuidingLight | 05/22/08
You hit the nail square on the head.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/08
I haven't seen any lack of response to your nonsense  Ole Man | 05/22/08
Microsoft only proved it could subvert ISO  Golodh2 | 05/22/08
so funny Anton  stevey_d | 05/22/08
A first "hard fact", overlooked by you  Ole Man | 05/22/08
Translation: We want more money!!!!!  James T. Kirk | 05/22/08
Microsoft to make money from ODF?  Anton Philidor | 05/22/08
The latter  James T. Kirk | 05/22/08
That's OK, John, it's just business as usual  Ole Man | 05/22/08
He was right the first time  Ole Man | 05/22/08
or to remove an accruing fine that is in place  stevey_d | 05/22/08
You're being naive  wolf_z | 05/22/08
could care less?  stevey_d | 05/22/08
"This is a way to rob Adobe"  Ole Man | 05/22/08
Talk about wearisome.  xuniL_z | 05/26/08
Oh how heroic!  Ole Man | 05/27/08
OOXML Supported Already  orcmid | 05/22/08
"they'll have to sort that out for the SP2 update"  Ole Man | 05/22/08
RE: EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap  X41 | 05/22/08
Darn if they do darned if they don't  Boot_Agnostic | 05/23/08
Title should be: EU shows size of their greed  transposeIT | 05/23/08
Greed? More like social responsibility...  ElofTurtle | 05/23/08
RE: EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap  lostinspace | 05/23/08
You'll need an iron umbrella.  kozmcrae | 05/23/08
Rebuild the world ina blog's comments section...  Mitch 74 | 05/23/08
In the open source world, political values like credibility are real....  Spiritusindomit@... | 05/26/08
RE: EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap  shis-ka-bob | 05/28/08

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