Comment by jajuuka

You're just throwing out a lot of vague statements. You're not helping your case. What specifically did Microsoft do to open source, open format and free software? You're making some huge accusations that Microsoft made some decision that impacts democracies today. Such as?

How is Open OfficeXML a daily pox? Why not use ODF if it's such a disease?

Fallout from what exactly? Again this vague language is not helpful. What exactly was lost 20 years ago?