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MS Faces Hard Sell in EU Antitrust Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insufficient-bribes-dispensed dept.

juicy_pants writes "The software giant emerged virtually unscathed in November from an eight-year battle with U.S. federal and state authorities over how its violations of antitrust laws should be rectified. But it may not fare as well in another major antitrust case, now entering its final phase at European Union headquarters in Brussels."

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  1. Lawsuit XP by kbonapart · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Justice Department released today the long awaited upgrade to the "Lawsuit `92" This update will fix the "Well there is always Linux" bug, and the ever persistant crashing or the case's funding.

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  2. They were going to bribe the EU politicans by gatesh8r · · Score: 4, Funny

    But they couldn't figure out how to convert US dollars to Euros...

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    1. Re:They were going to bribe the EU politicans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      We're they using Excel ?

    2. Re:They were going to bribe the EU politicans by MonTemplar · · Score: 5, Funny

      But they couldn't figure out how to convert US dollars to Euros...

      Swap the Dollar symbol for the Euro symbol, like everyone else, surely! :)

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    3. Re:They were going to bribe the EU politicans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      And you must have used the Word spell checker :)

    4. Re:They were going to bribe the EU politicans by Ozan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Swap the Dollar symbol for the Euro symbol, like everyone else, surely! :)

      But don't forget to swap the charset to 8859-15 or you will try to bribe with question marks.