[Am-info] Microsoft to offer concessions in EC antitrust case

[Hans Reiser]

Geoffrey wrote:

> madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
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>> From: Computerworld_Daily@Computerworld.com
>> Microsoft to offer concessions in EC antitrust case
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>> To try and settle its European antitrust case, Microsoft is offering to
>> grant rivals access to technical information on its Kerberos encryption
>> system and an Internet standard known as Common Internet File System.
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> WHAT??  CIFS is not any kind of an internet standard.  That is 
> Microsofts' file sharing protocol.  More bullshit.
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This is of great practical importance to persons selling file servers 
(both of these network protocol secrets, note that Kerberos was stolen 
from MIT and then corrupted into something others couldn't play with). 
 This, plus a nice 100 billion euro fine, would be a good idea.

Hans