EU Takes Swipe Against ‘Proprietary’ Software

“EU Internet Commissioner Neelie Kroes, in her previous post as
EU antitrust chief, fined Microsoft hundreds of millions of euros
(dollars) in a lengthy row over the company’s refusal to share some
data with rivals and the tying of a Web browser to a best-selling
operating system.

“She now says she wants to draw up detailed guidelines for
European governments to encourage them to require other software,
especially programs based on open source code that is freely shared
between developers.”

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