The EU and Microsoft Settle Browser Issue; Interoperability with FOSS Still a Problem

 
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Old 12-16-2009
The EU and Microsoft Settle Browser Issue; Interoperability with FOSS Still a Problem

The EU Commission and Microsoft have settled the browser choice issue, and the Commission will continue to monitor interoperability issues, with Microsoft posting a new and "improved" set of documents today about interoperability. Everyone seems guardedly satisfied with the browswer solution, some ecstatic, and the continued monitoring of the latter is a good thing, in that so far, Microsoft's suggested solution excludes the GPL and hence Free Software, according to FSFE. There are complaints related to standards that remain outstanding.

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