Microsoft's EU Proposal a blow to open source
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft's proposal to European Union regulators for resolving its outstanding antitrust issues does not provide key concessions requested by open-source software projects, European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Monday.
The revelation is a blow to the developers behind projects such as Linux and Samba, which use open source or "free software" licenses. Such projects currently say they are excluded from measures imposed by the European Commission last year that are meant to restore competition in the workgroup server market.