Il y a des informations qui circulent (cf http://beunited.org/(...) ), qui parlent du proces de M$ contre les US. Bon c'est des adeptes de BeOS, mais ça nous concerne aussi:
The DOJ wants to make a difference with its ruling. He asked all of us write __individual__ letters to <microsoft.atr@usdoj.gov>, subject line: "Microsoft Settlement", saying something to the effect of: "I am part of a worldwide network that is working on getting the BeOS or equivalent back into the market place, but there is no hope of success if the following issues aren't addressed:
1) MS Office needs to be opened, so that developers interested in porting it or understanding the document formats can do so either in form of a source code licence or an allowance to see it, check it and "clone libraries", so that applications on non-Windows OSs can read and write MS Office formats for flawless interaction with Windows users.
2) The Win32 API needs to be available so that BeWine can be successfully ported not only to BeOS but other OS too.
3) The file system needs to be opened, so that BeOS users can continue to access files on non-BFS partitions.
4) The ruling must include a "must-carry" rule, so that any OEM Microsoft is supplying Windows with HAS to "dual-boot" an alternative operating system, in this case BeOS, in order to remedy the damage MS has done to BeOS in the past.
It has to carry a competitive imapct statement, explaining how MS damaged Be and the BeOS with its tactics. It should also say that the current "remedy" the DOJ is suggesting is far too weak and that it doesn't carry all areas.
Again, the DOJ wants to make a difference with its ruling, and if we supplied them with letters elaborating on what MS should do to undo some of the damage they caused to Be/BeOS, then maybe this will find its way into the ruling.
The deadline is 25 January, 4:30pm Eastern Standard Time.
Do not mention any info that may be construed as a crusade against Microsoft.
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En gros Il faut écrire au DOJ pour dire que vous n'êtes pas d'accord avec la solution proposée, en faisant preuve d'inpartialité.
Si quelqu'un pouvait traduire cet article en anglais pour pouvoir y faire référence, ça serait pas mal.
# A propos de M$...
Posté par Francois Revol (site web personnel) . En réponse à la dépêche Vente liée et Microsoft. Évalué à 6.
The DOJ wants to make a difference with its ruling. He asked all of us write __individual__ letters to <microsoft.atr@usdoj.gov>, subject line: "Microsoft Settlement", saying something to the effect of: "I am part of a worldwide network that is working on getting the BeOS or equivalent back into the market place, but there is no hope of success if the following issues aren't addressed:
1) MS Office needs to be opened, so that developers interested in porting it or understanding the document formats can do so either in form of a source code licence or an allowance to see it, check it and "clone libraries", so that applications on non-Windows OSs can read and write MS Office formats for flawless interaction with Windows users.
2) The Win32 API needs to be available so that BeWine can be successfully ported not only to BeOS but other OS too.
3) The file system needs to be opened, so that BeOS users can continue to access files on non-BFS partitions.
4) The ruling must include a "must-carry" rule, so that any OEM Microsoft is supplying Windows with HAS to "dual-boot" an alternative operating system, in this case BeOS, in order to remedy the damage MS has done to BeOS in the past.
It has to carry a competitive imapct statement, explaining how MS damaged Be and the BeOS with its tactics. It should also say that the current "remedy" the DOJ is suggesting is far too weak and that it doesn't carry all areas.
Again, the DOJ wants to make a difference with its ruling, and if we supplied them with letters elaborating on what MS should do to undo some of the damage they caused to Be/BeOS, then maybe this will find its way into the ruling.
The deadline is 25 January, 4:30pm Eastern Standard Time.
Do not mention any info that may be construed as a crusade against Microsoft.
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En gros Il faut écrire au DOJ pour dire que vous n'êtes pas d'accord avec la solution proposée, en faisant preuve d'inpartialité.
Si quelqu'un pouvait traduire cet article en anglais pour pouvoir y faire référence, ça serait pas mal.