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"Google wants to help the European Commission prove antitrust charges against Microsoft related to the software giant's dominance of the Web browser market. The Web search giant, which recently released its Chrome Web browser, announced Tuesday that it is applying to be a "third party" in the European proceedings, which will entitle it to receive access to confidential documents in the case and the ability to voice objections."

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Interesting presentations about interoperability in the EU from a meeting that took place in June. EIF is the European Interoperability Framework.

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"Standards body the Open Document Format (ODF) Alliance closed ranks with the European Commission (EC) against Microsoft today, issuing a statement applauding the commission's vociferous endorsement of the ODF standard in an effort to avoid vendor lock-in on document formats."

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"Kroes' position echoes that of groups like the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, an advisor to the U.K. government on technology issues, which has weighed in on supporting interoperability and given the thumbs down to using Office 2007. Other groups, such as the Canadian Library Association, have adopted a similar view on avoiding OOXML."

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"Companies make a smart business decision when they choose open standards, EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a wide-ranging talk on an issue involving Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and others."

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"Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Monday it has hired a former European diplomat to lead its dealings with the European Union (EU). The company's aim is to help the company face down legal and regulatory threats, among which are investigations regarding its controversial document interchange formats."

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"Becta welcomes the European Commission's antitrust investigation of Microsoft concerning interoperability and confirms it has recently referred its interoperability complaint and supporting evidence to the Commission."

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