Comments on: Quote of the Day: “Microsoft Doesn’t Follow Standards, They Create Them.” http://techrights.org/2009/05/22/microsoft-does-not-follow-standards/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/22/microsoft-does-not-follow-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-63800 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 22 May 2009 17:52:51 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11210#comment-63800 Scott Dorsey was asked about the origins of the Microsoft Mail quote. Here is his reply: "<em>I don't have a cite offhand, but Eric Allman posted about it way back then on Usenet.</em>" Scott Dorsey was asked about the origins of the Microsoft Mail quote. Here is his reply:

“I don’t have a cite offhand, but Eric Allman posted about it way back then on Usenet.“

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/22/microsoft-does-not-follow-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-63793 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 22 May 2009 16:05:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11210#comment-63793 I sense that Ballmer is just camera-shy. <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/22/microsoft_pulls_out_of_ec_competition_hearing/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft bails out of European competition hearing</a> I sense that Ballmer is just camera-shy.

Microsoft bails out of European competition hearing

]]> By: Jose_X http://techrights.org/2009/05/22/microsoft-does-not-follow-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-63792 Jose_X Fri, 22 May 2009 15:04:10 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11210#comment-63792 The email seems fresh. I would think the "Microsoft Mail folks" refers to the developers that code up the rfc822 (or 2822) protocols. [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 is the email format protocol.. updated by rfc2822] >> “What we are trying to do is use our server control to do new protocols and lock out Sun and Oracle specifically” Ballmer will now be able to keep working on Gates' dream while using only one stone (lol). .. I do hope Oracle is more aggressive than Sun was in pushing Linux as its preferred platform. Ballmer's latest great move: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090522/tc_pcworld/microsoftcancelsantitrusthearingineurope The email seems fresh. I would think the “Microsoft Mail folks” refers to the developers that code up the rfc822 (or 2822) protocols.

[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 is the email format protocol.. updated by rfc2822]

>> “What we are trying to do is use our server control to do new protocols and lock out Sun and Oracle specifically”

Ballmer will now be able to keep working on Gates’ dream while using only one stone (lol). .. I do hope Oracle is more aggressive than Sun was in pushing Linux as its preferred platform.

Ballmer’s latest great move: http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090522/tc_pcworld/microsoftcancelsantitrusthearingineurope

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