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● 11.21.07

●● Europe Takes a Look at Microsoft’s .NET (/Mono) Web Hijack Attempts

Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Mono, Novell at 4:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

In case you did not know, Microsoft plans to hijack the World Wide Web and Novell is helping. To avoid repeating old stories and arguments, consider these:

Moonlight a Second-class Citizen in a WindowSilverLight Wide WebNovell is Still a Pawn in Microsoft’s Web Hijack PlanNovell Helps Microsoft Build Its World Wide Web Fortress of LockinNovell Helps Microsoft Hijack the World Wide WebMicrosoft Set for Lock-in-backed Hijack (and Novell Helps It)Silverlight (and Moonlight/Mono, by Association) Becomes Part of the Antitrust DebateECMAJavascript and ECMA’s OOXML Are a Sign of Things to ComeEarly Signs of Danger: Microsoft Already Fighting to Steal the WebBuying Support and Buying ISO Standards in Order to Hijack the Industry

The good news is that Europe has just woken up, so to speak, and it is prepared to intervene.

=> ↺ prepared to intervene

…according to Vinje, most relevant to the Internet and work done at the IGF, was the problem of growing .NET-dependency for web applications. .NET is Microsoft’s platform for web applications software development. “It is a sort of an effort to ‘proprietise’ the Internet,” said Vinje..

We will be covering this in the future. The Linux deals, which include OOXML obligations, have plenty to do with Microsoft’s ambitions to lock in the user and lock out competitors. █

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