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4th March 2008 - Link Blog

Principles and Legality. Eric Meyer notes that language about legality in Microsoft’s recent IE announcement suggests that Opera’s much criticised EU threat may have helped positively influence the result.

Posted 4th March 2008 at 7:45 pm

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