2007-09-17

AFP: Microsoft loses landmark EU antitrust case

A top European court on Monday handed Microsoft a surprise defeat in its epic antitrust battles, backing the European Commission's 2004 record fine of 497 million euros (690 million dollars) against the software giant.

read more at Agence France Presse

2007-09-05

ISO says no to OOXML

The first round in the fierce battle of document standards has ended with a no to the fast track procedure to OOXMl pushed forward by Microsoft. The saga will probably continue since the normal procedure will probably go forward in 2008. Meanwhile the only office document standard recognized by ISO that has a real implementation is ODF Open Document Format.

See the official ISO press release.