The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to ensure interoperability and the competitiveness of the market for information and communication technologies (ICTs) in order to increase the diversity of consumer choices. The Committee represents the interests of its members in many national, European and international bodies dealing with interoperability, including institutions of the European Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization . The committee includes many major ICT market players such as Adobe Systems , Corel Corporation , IBM , Linspire , Nokia , Opera Software , Oracle Corporation , RealNetworks , Red Hat and Sun Microsystems . [one]
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Participation in processes against Microsoft
In recent years, ECIS has been actively involved in the European Commission 's antitrust trial against Microsoft , which was examined by the European Court of First Instance in September 2007. [2] [3] [4]
The eWeek browser commented on this process as follows:
“ECIS (European Committee for Interoperability) reiterated that Windows Vista will stifle innovation and competition. The group, founded in 1989, is a Who's Who list of Microsoft's competitors, including Adobe, Corel, IBM, Linspire, Nokia, Opera, Oracle, RealNetworks, Red Hat and the Sun. Many of these companies are Microsoft partners at the same time. ”
Other ECIS complaints against Microsoft related to the following issues:
- XAML bundling in Vista is an attempt to replace HTML with specific Microsoft technology [1] [5] [6]
- Office Open XML is a Microsoft-specific document format. [2]
See also
- European Free Software Foundation
- Openforum europe
- Multilateral Interoperability Program
European Commission Vs Microsoft Antitrust Docs
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Microsoft Competitors' 'Wow' Moment . microsoft-watch.com (January 26, 2007). - “ Today, ECIS (European Committee for Interoperable Systems) again charged that Windows Vista would stifle innovation and competition. The group, founded in 1989, represents a Who's Who list of Microsoft competitors, including Adobe, Corel, IBM, Linspire, Nokia, Opera, Oracle, RealNetworks, Red Hat and Sun. Many of these same companies are Microsoft partners, too. ". Date of treatment February 24, 2008. Archived September 22, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 ECIS Media Release January 26, 2007 . ECIS (January 26, 2007). - “ With XAML and OOXML Microsoft seeks to impose its own Windows-dependent standards and displace existing open cross-platform standards which have wide industry acceptance, permit open competition and promote competition-driven innovation. "The end result will be the continued absence of any real consumer choice, years of waiting for Microsoft to improve - or even debug - its monopoly products, and of course high prices ." Date of treatment March 6, 2008. Archived September 22, 2012.
- ↑ ECIS News room
- ↑ Microsoft hit by two more EC probes . The Register (January 14, 2008). - “Commission will also investigate whether the software giant's new office file format, Office Open XML, is interoperable enough with competing products. This refers to a complaint made by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS). " Date of treatment February 24, 2008. Archived September 22, 2012.
- ↑ Microsoft runs into EU Vista charges . itwire.com (January 28, 2007). - “ The main complaint is Microsoft's bundling of its own markup language XAML with Vista. According to ECIS, XAML has been positioned to compete with the universally used HTML (hypertext markup language), which is the code used to design web pages of sites in use today. ECIS contends that bundling XAML with Vista is an attempt to promote the creation of websites that work only with Vista. ". Date of treatment February 24, 2008. Archived September 22, 2012.
- ↑ Fulton, Scott ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack unspecified . betanews.com (January 28, 2007). Date of treatment February 24, 2008. Archived September 22, 2012.