European Commission Betrays Open Standards
May 13, 2010, 21:03 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Glyn Mody)
[ Thanks to Glyn
Moody for this link. ]
"Just over a month ago I wrote about a leaked version
of the imminent Digital Agenda for Europe. I noted that the text
had some eminently sensible recommendations about implementing open
standards, but that probably for precisely that reason, was under
attack by enemies of openness, who wanted the references to open
standards watered down or removed.
"Judging by the latest leak [.pdf] obtained by the French site
PC Inpact, those forces have prevailed: what seems to be the final
version of the Digital Agenda for Europe is an utter travesty of
the original intent.
"For example, the draft version [.doc] dealing with
interoperability was headed "Open Standards and Interoperability";
this has now become just "Interoperability and standards".
Similarly, the opening section of the draft has gone from this:
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