Linux Foundation: Microsoft's OOXML Argument 'Ridiculous', Feb 28, 2008

Executive Director of The Linux Foundation Jim Zemlin blasted Microsoft's attempt to create a second certified international standard document format for Office Open XML (OOXML), calling Microsoft's argument for two standards "ridiculous" and "disingenuous."

European antitrust regulators on Wednesday fined Microsoft $1.3 billion for failing to comply with a 2004 judgment that the company had abused its market dominance.

Microsoft made headlines yesterday for its overtures to the open-source software community, including some that practically cast the move as a surrender by the company. "Microsoft to Open Source: You Win," declared the Web Worker Daily blog.

Alpine already offers a number of products, including global positioning systems, that run atop a version of Microsoft's Windows operating system designed for vehicular use.

In a few short weeks, it will be time for national standards bodies to decide whether the Microsoft Office Open XML specification will be accepted as an ISO standard or not.

Analysts and money managers have a suggestion for Yahoo shareholders mulling over the $44.6 billion buyout bid from Microsoft: Take the money and run.

Wayne Kelly, leader of the open source Ruby.Net development project, announced last week that he intends to discontinue development of Ruby.Net and join up with Microsoft's IronRuby open source efforts. This might sound good on the surface, but it is a bad idea.

Articles about Microsoft's bid have probably tired you to death by now, but this article discusses one particular aspect of the potential takeover, namely its effect on GNU/Linux and BSD users. Here's a point-by-point analysis of the impact, covering several of the key issues:

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