Red Hat Greets Microsoft’s Overtures With Doubt

Microsoft has made an announcement about future standards support, but Red Hat, in a response posted Thursday, would like to see Microsoft instead make a concrete announcement in support of existing ISO-approved, cross-platform standards next week in Geneva. Meanwhile, the European Union said they will monitor whether the principles announced by Microsoft are, in fact, implemented. In its response, Red Hat Executive Vice President and General Counsel Michael Cunningham said, “Red Hat regards this most recent announcement with a healthy dose of skepticism.”