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The 'European Union chooses the Open Source

Kroes (UE): formati aperti, la scelta intelligente


Roma - "Nessuna azienda né cittadino dovrebbe essere forzato o spinto a scegliere tecnologie closed anziché aperte because someone, the Government has already made that choice. "Thus, Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition, has chosen the area around a topic that is very dear to Brussels, and that is the center of the standoff that pits on various plans now for many years, the European Union's executive body, and Microsoft.

the commissarioKroes, who spoke at the conference OpenForum, has championed the cause of open formats, returning to underline the importance for firms select formats that are adopted by manufacturers of computer applications and other solutions.

to him, the Commission does what it can from this point of view, because "we can not entrusted to a single manufacturer, we can not accept closed standards and it must reject the idea of being locked into a specific technology. "It must be said that in Europe, as reported yesterday by Computer Point, on the front of the standards the Commission is certainly the 'institution that is doing school, where the Council and Euro MPs, however, still reeling under the definition of common standards, or rely primarily to document standards like those adopted internationally.


The interest for the Commissioner's statements is also justified by that just on the document format has recently opened a new front of dispute with Microsoft, known as a promoter of quell'OOXML official ISO standard for some time. A format in which Microsoft is working hard, as evidenced in these hours the release of the last development kit, designed according to the company to facilitate the way for the developer interested in OOXML integrate into their applications.

OOXML is a standard for which, even after the process of approval by ISO, the controversy not been silenced so that in most countries are in progress to protest against the award of quality standards to the desired size by Microsoft. The Commission, in particular, is investigating on its own in recent months as we have come to the decision of the ISO or, more precisely, as is the case of the discussion process in European countries. An investigation is due to the actions of those who argue that the ISO process has proved flawed, and among them are big business like IBM.

Kroes' words, therefore, be understood as a further confirmation of what the attitude of the Commission, where the EU executive starts investigating on the front of the formats. "We must be aware - also said the Commissioner - the costs of long-term block format: one is often bound for subsequent generations of that technology. There may even be additional effects, where you get stuck with other services and products provided by the same manufacturer. "






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