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E.U. Commission: More Antitrust Trouble For MS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-playing-nice dept.

Tidal Flame writes "According to Wired news, Microsoft appears to be in hot water over antitrust issues again. The European Commission says it will require Microsoft to 'share more proprietary information with its rivals' and 'uncouple' it's Media Player audiovisual software from the Windows operating system." iCoach points to this article at The Register covering the same.

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  1. Ha! by arvindn · · Score: 5, Funny
    share more proprietary information with its rivals
    But that would only be a problem if they had any rivals...
  2. Sheesh. what's next? by mooman · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've had to "uncouple" IE. Now they're being asked to uncouple Media Player.

    What's next? Uncoupling the calculator? The start button? Command prompt?

    Following this line of thinking ad absurdum, what exactly is Microsoft allowed to package with Windows? Sheesh!

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  3. Ummm by Raul654 · · Score: 5, Funny

    (comic book guy voice) Most impossible to understand comment, ever (/voice)

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  4. amazing irony-- by k3v0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was greeted with a microsoft screen-covering advertisement when I clicked to the article.

  5. Bill Gates...Jedi Master by SirLantos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course Microsoft will do everything in its power to find a loop hole or get the decision overturned.

    I wonder if MS was hoping that nobody would notice they did the same thing with Media Player that they did is MSIE.

    I could see a conversation between a consumer and MS now:

    Consumer: "Hey! You guys are shoving Media Player down my throat."

    MS: "Media player? What Media Player?"

    Consumer:"Oh, come on! You didn't actually think nobody would notice did you?"

    *MS waves hand in front of consumers face*

    MS:"There is no Media Player."

    Consumer:"There is no media player."

    MS:"You don't want any plugins."

    Consumer:"I don't want any plugins."

    MS:"Move along."

    Consumer:"Move alone. Move along."


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    1. Re:Bill Gates...Jedi Master by PhrackCreak · · Score: 2, Funny

      I sense much NT in you.
      NT leads to Blue Screen.
      Blue Screen leads to downtime.
      Downtime leads to suffering.
      NT is the path to the darkside.

      - Unknown Unix Jedi

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  6. Most obnoxious media player ever... by weave · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, not Media Player, but that Real crap. I wish they'd just go tits up (nod to the reg). If Microsoft reigns for a thousand years and slaughters helpless companies left and right, it'll be a small price to pay if it rids the earth of the real player. Oh forgive me, the realone player.

  7. Re:No trouble for MS by Xformer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill Gates (to developers): Drop everything and concentrate on security for the next 6 months.

    Bill Gates (to lawyer fleet): Drop everything and concentrate on finding loopholes for me for the next 6 months.

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  8. Hey Microsoft! by solarrhino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell them to have the U.N. write a resolution against you. That way everybody wins: they get to look busy, and you don't ever have to comply!

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  9. Re:God dammit. by CrazyDuke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kinda like this?

    C:\Windows\system32

    mfc40.dll
    mfc40u.dll
    mfc42.dll
    mfc42enu.dll
    mfc42u.dll
    msvbvm50.dll
    msvbvm60.dll
    msvcp50.dl l
    msvcp60.dll
    msvcrt20.dll
    msvcrt40.dll
    msvcrt .dll

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