http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Dispute about Europe-wide definition of open standards en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:13:40 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/dispute-about-europe-wide-definition-of-open-standards#post-34419 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:05:39 +0000 The Geek 34419@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>The article is a little unclear... HTTP and DHCP are open standards already. </p> <p>I assume the real dispute is that the corporations want their non-standard protocols to compete, for instance Outlook to Exchange uses a special undocumented protocol. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/dispute-about-europe-wide-definition-of-open-standards#post-34404 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:54:27 +0000 whs 34404@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Interesting. Bottom line of the industry: Only money makes you really "free". I hope the EU persists.</p> <p><a href='http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Dispute-about-Europe-wide-definition-of-open-standards--/111051'>http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Dispute-about-Europe-wide-definition-of-open-standards--/111051</a> </p>