This review is to be expected given that the November 2002 consent decree was extended into 2009 after several states petitioned to make that so. The real question is, is the US "investigation" going to really do anything substantial? Or will it rubber stamp whatever it finds? Right now, we've got the TC pointing out probable issues (missing documentation in the protocols -- what else?) and, with the exception of more frequent publishing of documentation, sounds as if Microsoft is only promising to work on it. Microsoft, get a clue, do the right thing and cooperate with the rest of the software industry and you can spend your time/money building better products instead of dealing with government scrutiny.
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And So The jQuery Announcement...
MS earlier announced that rather than blow the doors off the open source hobbyists responsible for jQuery, they'd decided to ship it along with Visual Studio.
Makes no sense, of course, until one stops to consider the value of posturing while under judicial scrutiny. The anti-Microsoft and open source crowds were ectatic at the announcement, but of course, there are multitudes of customers for which open source solutions are out of the question for mission critical applications. MS knows that not every company is a startup on a shoestring budget, choosing to deny the ultimate truth - one gets what they pay for - but the judicial scrutiny concern, now it all makes sense. Open source is fine for those with no cash and for hobbyists, but not for those of us in the real world. With a Democratic regime about to take office, the jQuery announcement makes perfect sense.
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