| Microsoft's Latest Attempts to Keep Linux Off the Desktop |
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During the Microsoft anti-trust suit, the Monster from Redmond made a big point of protesting that Linux and MacOS demonstrated a true competitive market on the desktop. Recently, however, Microsoft has overtly demonstrated that it intends to lock out competitors through a tried and true strategy, the "non-standard standard."
The first salvo was fired when Microsoft announced that they would be changing the networking protocols they use for the MSN instant messaging service. Until now, third-party tools such as GAIM and Trillian could connect to the MSN servers, but starting in the Fall, only licensees of the new technology will have access. And, using the latest tool of litigious extortion, anyone who tries to reverse-engineer the protocol will find themselves afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and presumably in jail.
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