Microsoft competitors' 'Wow' moment
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
With some Vista reviewers and early users clamoring for more, there is one group that wants less from the new operating system: Microsoft competitors.
Today, ECIS (European Committee for Interoperable Systems) again charged that Windows Vista would stifle innovation and competition. The group, founded in 1989, represents a Who's Who list of Microsoft competitors, including Adobe, Corel, IBM, Linspire, Nokia, Opera, Oracle, RealNetworks, Red Hat and Sun. Many of these same companies are Microsoft partners, too.
Back in November, I predicted about Office 2007 and Windows Vista: "Competitors aren't done complaining to European regulators about either product. Their clamoring will continue and maybe even increase ahead of Windows Vista's consumer launch in January."