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."
if what you say is true (and we of the sheep have no reason to doubt), then the EU ranks right up there with the rest of those wrongdoing terrorist organizations and we should exercise our god given right to pre-emptively smite then into oblivion! fetche le hellfire!
Re:Does the EU have power?
by
pldms
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· Score: 2, Funny
They can force MS to subsidise EU banana exports to the Caribbean and Latin America
We, the people of the Caribbean and Latin America have more than enough bananas. Please send no more.
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Re:Most likely EU response
by
BollocksToThis
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· Score: 2, Funny
Microsoft only really has one card to play, and that is bribery and corruption.
Two! Our TWO cards are bribery and corruption. And deceit. Our THREE cards are bribery, corruption, and deceit. And FUD. Among our cards to play are bribery, corruption, deceit, and FUD. And huge cash reserves... Oh, I'll come in again.
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Reminds me of the games we used to play at ModelUN. Hey, so we were geeks. Give us a break...
-Tolerate my intolerance
Well, I'm one of those in "real world", whose life would be way easier if there was no Microsoft.
As it stands now, it is "stuff that holds me at work when I could spend that time with my family".
if what you say is true (and we of the sheep have no reason to doubt), then the EU ranks right up there with the rest of those wrongdoing terrorist organizations and we should exercise our god given right to pre-emptively smite then into oblivion! fetche le hellfire!
We, the people of the Caribbean and Latin America have more than enough bananas. Please send no more.
Slashdot looked deep within my soul and assigned
me a number based on the order in which I joined
Microsoft only really has one card to play, and that is bribery and corruption.
Two! Our TWO cards are bribery and corruption. And deceit. Our THREE cards are bribery, corruption, and deceit. And FUD. Among our cards to play are bribery, corruption, deceit, and FUD. And huge cash reserves... Oh, I'll come in again.
[Open invitation for pedant post to correct me]
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