Since they have done that we have even more of a motive to be public.

It doesn't solve any problems for us.

The move is less appealing than it seems up front. We only need the compatibility information, nothing more, nothing less, and the ability to legally use it.

This 'commitment' is poisoned - they do it in a way that worsens the situation for free software: because that source code is under Microsoft copyright, developers who have seen the source code cannot re-implement it in Free Software for fear of copyright violation.

That Microsoft now questions the competency and integrity of a trustee they themselves helped appoint is outrageous. All the parties involved in the case found the trustee showed an intimate competence and understanding. How do they now dare maintain that he is biased?

The fourth quarter profit was below estimates, my estimate was 590m or 44 cents per share.