In Berlin Mike Cosse, responsible for government relations for Microsoft Germany, talked about the Open XML standardization process at a "Projekt Zukunft" (project future) discussion round on "Linux or Microsoft?". He denied irregularities in the standardization process, his company would have and take no influence on the work of the national standardization groups. Competitors are different here. Cosse blamed IBM for an obstruction of the Open XML standardization process. IBM did everything to combat a second open document format. He further stressed that open standards were compatible with patent rights. According to the lobbyist Microsoft provided billions of consumers with PCs and thus contributed to more democratic means of participation in IT. The 30 000 German partners from Microsoft earned 7 Euro for each Euro the American software company generates as revenue.
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