Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the does-this-thing-ever-end dept.
T-Kir writes "The BBC has an interesting article saying that now Microsoft has had the settlement granted in the US, it still faces EU sanctions concerning software bundling (or should that be bungling?) into its OS and deliberate attempts at inoperability with non-MS server operating systems."
There was a time when I actually liked slashdot.
Lately however, it's become so Anti-Microsoft - it's almost ridiculous.
Keep in mind that there are over 60 thousand employees at Microsoft. All of us have families and mortgages to pay just like you.
Oh yea - I keep forgetting - most slashdot readers are just a bunch of college kids anyway.
Someday - when you all enter the real world - you'll understand how great much (not all) of the Microsoft technology is and come over to the real world with the rest of us.
'Stuff that Matters' is really 'Stuff that gets me home to my family earlier'
There was a time when I actually liked slashdot. Lately however, it's become so Anti-Microsoft - it's almost ridiculous. Keep in mind that there are over 60 thousand employees at Microsoft. All of us have families and mortgages to pay just like you.
My heart bleeds. Perhaps Slashdot has become so anti-microsoft lately because Microsoft have been ramping up the rate at which they give people reasons to dislike them?
It's great to see that someone is staying strong against Micro$oft. I can't believe how much injustice is being done by our so-called "justice" system. They spout tough-sounding sound bytes, but never follow through with any sort of action against what is basically at this point a criminal organization. It's not even surprising, though, given how much money M$ gives to politicians.
Fortunately, our allies in the EU are not so easily bought. After seeing what Nazi-driven companies like Volkswagen could do, the Europeans are suspicious--and rightly so--of any successful business. This will pay off in the end. Even as we Americans become slaves of Micro$oft, the Europeans will find freedom from their oppression and create a haven for Linux and freeware.
Perhaps in ten years, when the US is a wasteland with a handful of ultra-rich masters ruling over millions toiling in poverty, the EU will allow some of us to join them in harmonious cooperation. I fear that Europe remains the one final outpost of Western civilization, freedom, and democracy.
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Re:Tough Cookie
by
CatWrangler
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· Score: 1, Flamebait
Well, I must assume then that Commissioner Mario Monti couldn't be French then, or the EU would have surrendered by now.
Microsoft could really shaft the EU by charging exorbitant fees for software they hold near monopolies on just to punish them. Microsoft could say, transport yourself to Linux, it is free after all.
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The EU at least knows where the REAL war should be fought ;)
It's great to see that someone is staying strong against Micro$oft. I can't believe how much injustice is being done by our so-called "justice" system. They spout tough-sounding sound bytes, but never follow through with any sort of action against what is basically at this point a criminal organization. It's not even surprising, though, given how much money M$ gives to politicians.
Fortunately, our allies in the EU are not so easily bought. After seeing what Nazi-driven companies like Volkswagen could do, the Europeans are suspicious--and rightly so--of any successful business. This will pay off in the end. Even as we Americans become slaves of Micro$oft, the Europeans will find freedom from their oppression and create a haven for Linux and freeware.
Perhaps in ten years, when the US is a wasteland with a handful of ultra-rich masters ruling over millions toiling in poverty, the EU will allow some of us to join them in harmonious cooperation. I fear that Europe remains the one final outpost of Western civilization, freedom, and democracy.
Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
Microsoft could really shaft the EU by charging exorbitant fees for software they hold near monopolies on just to punish them. Microsoft could say, transport yourself to Linux, it is free after all.
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it! --Yogi Berra--