http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=182776&cid=15106424


Write to your reps in the EU to encourage them to keep up the pressure. Don't let it drop like it did in the US. Those of us across the pond from you are still shocked that the case was won by the US DOJ after spending millions of $US then rendered ineffective by politics.



We need open standards. We need interoperability. However, closed standards, proprietary formats, and DRM all serve to preserve marketshare by those owning the technology and serve to lock out any competition. Bid on a project and you can propose vendor A version 2000 or vendor A version 2003 or vendora A version XP.... Now that is competition, right?