On Sunday, June 24, 2007 7:36 pm Les Mikesell wrote:
Any number larger than one is better than only one. And if they all interoperate correctly without worrying about whether they have to use an infringing library to do it, so much the better.
I'd agree, except for the identity of the company proposing "interoperability". Microsoft doesn't have a history of that; rather, it has a history of EEE and lock-out, and considering Windows is one of their two big cash cows, I do not believe for a second that they really want interoperability. I suspect what they'd prefer is a method of forcing people from Linux to Windows, but not vice-versa (they did the same thing with O/S2).