Internal documents suggest that ISO broke the rules

More wins and progress for ODF, at the expense of Microsoft lock-in.

Standards bodies abused and exploited by company/ies and proxies to whom it's all about money.

To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.

Regardless of what you think Microsoft is doing wrong, no one seems to think that Microsoft is doing a great job. They may still have the top position (by a lot) in desktop market share, but they are losing it fast. The point is, Microsoft seems to be shooting themselves in the foot.

Microsoft seems eerily close to some of the highest decision-makers in Portugal, and it shows.

Microsoft is claimed to have deleted documents that are crucial for competition to be restored

Yesterday we wrote about Microsoft’s attempt to ‘consume’ ODF. Joining the skepticism now is the man behind the open source definition and a vocal critic of Novell’s deal with Microsoft. Bruce Perens does not trust Microsoft, either. He explains why.