Re:Samsung disabling Windows Update?
by crdoconnor on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @03:18AM
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>First, why would you expect Microsoft to not lobby against laws that prevent it from effectively competing?
I wouldn't expect Microsoft to not lobby because I don't believe their PR that says that they've "changed" and are now "pro open source".
>It's very clear to me that this has little to do with weather the competition is FOSS
So which part of the Indian policy that (briefly) favored open source was not about favoring open source software?
>FOSS of more often then not superior on its merits alone, why does it need a protectionist anti-competitive law to help it compete?
This should be made policy because this is a long-term strategy to prevent lock in, and because it's much harder to bribe a high level official than it is a low level official.
Re:Samsung disabling Windows Update?
by chc on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @01:29PM
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It doesn't seem fair to say that Microsoft is attacking open-source software here. They're just asking not to be shut out. I think any of us would be asking the same if someone were trying to categorically exclude something we'd made.
I wouldn't expect Microsoft to not lobby because I don't believe their PR that says that they've "changed" and are now "pro open source".
>It's very clear to me that this has little to do with weather the competition is FOSS
So which part of the Indian policy that (briefly) favored open source was not about favoring open source software?
>FOSS of more often then not superior on its merits alone, why does it need a protectionist anti-competitive law to help it compete?
This should be made policy because this is a long-term strategy to prevent lock in, and because it's much harder to bribe a high level official than it is a low level official.