Z:gnu-www-ja-microsoft-old--0dbd77-These obstructionist policies/en

These obstructionist policies are nothing new: Microsoft, and many other software companies, have been doing them for years now. In the past, probably, their motivation was to attack each other; now, it seems, we are among the intended targets. But that change in motivation has no practical consequence, because secret conventions and software patents obstruct everyone, regardless of the &ldquo;intended target&rdquo;.