http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ec-to-support-open-standards/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:28:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ec-to-support-open-standards/#comment-56760 Walter Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:55:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56760 The American companies arogant attitude, the non-compliance and its lobbying against open standards and competition set a domino effect into force. They cannot stop it. The American companies arogant attitude, the non-compliance and its lobbying against open standards and competition set a domino effect into force. They cannot stop it.

]]> http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ec-to-support-open-standards/#comment-56759 Ian Kemmish Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:40:08 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56759 Surely without side agreements, inducements, package deals, reciprocal agreements and undue pressure, the EU would collapse tomorrow? It seems like another case of one rule for us, another for the commissioners. (For example, if the Irish do vote to ratify the Lisbon treaty today, it will be because of a side agreement concerning import tariffs on South American beef - as these really the people you want deciding which software you get to buy?)<br /> <br /> Surely without side agreements, inducements, package deals, reciprocal agreements and undue pressure, the EU would collapse tomorrow? It seems like another case of one rule for us, another for the commissioners. (For example, if the Irish do vote to ratify the Lisbon treaty today, it will be because of a side agreement concerning import tariffs on South American beef – as these really the people you want deciding which software you get to buy?)

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