shouting loudly

Foreign antitrust concerns nudge Vista toward openness

In response to European and South Korean antitrust concerns, Microsoft has made several changes to its forthcoming operating system.

The new OS, Vista, will now feature less lock-in for its search, file formatting, and security features, the company has announced. So far, security firms are skeptical; the company has promised but not yet produced the technical means to facilitate interoperability.

Unfortunately, there are as yet no antitrust concerns that can leverage MS away from their excessively anti-consumer End-User License Agreement.

Let’s hear it for OS X, produced by a company that treats its customers like customers–and not thieves.