My, how things change. Federal and antitrust authorities cuddled up to Microsoft, praising the company's royalty reductions and its decision to release Windows technical documentation to software developers.
"[The federal government] believes that the publication of the technical documentation and the substantial reduction in royalties, as compared to the previous license, are positive steps, which will encourage wider use of the protocols in the MCPP (possibly beyond the use envisaged by the Final Judgments) and thereby promote interoperability with Windows clients," said a status update jointly released by Microsoft and the Department of Justice.
