06.13.08
Alex Brown’s ODF Hostility Still Noted
More downplaying of Microsoft’s abuses. Alex says:
Denmark has not appealed. What appears to have happened in Denmark is that an open source lobby group has written a letter to the Danish Standards body. That is not “Denmark protesting”.
Many people in Denmark did protest (see the rant below for example, along with coverage on Denmark here). Need the opposition come out to the streets too? Watch this space because, as a few source pointed out, Alex Brown is bound to have some influence inside ODF.
“37 letters with exactly the same words. Some of the senders didn’t even care to remove the ‘Type company name here’ text.
Simular letters has been circulating in Denmark as an e-mail from the Danish MD Jørgen Bardenfleth to customers and business partners.
I call it fraud, cheating and disgusting. If I wasn’t anti-Microsoft before, I am now. Disgusting !”
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.
Tomas de Torquemada said,
June 14, 2008 at 5:27 am
But…. Denmark still didn’t appeal. Technically he is right.
Roy Schestowitz said,
June 14, 2008 at 5:48 am
There was a lot more than just the letter he is referring to. In the past month alone there have been several complaints or actions, so Alex either doesn’t keep up with the news or simply ignores some of it for argument’s convenience. See http://boycottnovell.com/2008/05/25/ooxml-incidents-d-to-g/ (Denmark specifically).