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EU Says Microsoft's Abuses Are Ongoing
levell writes "Although the legal difficulties Microsoft was having in the US seem to be drawing to a close, it's not yet over in the EU. In this story, the BBC reports that the EU says it is still abusing its monopoly with Windows Media Player, and perhaps more interestingly from a Linux point of view, also in the low-end server market. The story is also being covered on CNN, Ananova, Reuters, etc." The EU's press release is informative.
it's about time the EU did something about this. i'm presuming they wanted to wait until the US actions were more or less finished before they jumped in. then again, knowing the EU, it's probably just taken them this long to write the proposal (and have it seconded, translated, amended, seconded, yada).
All I Want For Christmas Is My Constitutional Rights
A YRO article that has nothing to do with your rights online. Actually, this comment is -1 redundant, as clearly there never has/will be a YRO article that does what it says on the tin.
Microsoft continues anti-trust practices! We now take you to your regularly scheduled program. GO EU! JAV
Italy, Spain, and Britian want to bomb Redmond, sightings concerns for world security and the fact Gates may be building WMD's. France and Germany would like negotiations to continue and use UN inspectors to search/inspect Microsoft facilities.
Well, my 17" TiBook runs loops around Microsoft, all without violating anti-trust laws! Sure it costs $3400, but its performance is on par with a $859 Dell notebook! And don't get me started on its thinness and sleakness! Sure it's huge and unportable, but at least it's thin! Thank god Apple realizes that thinness is a far more important feature than performance!
Do you know what the best thing about OS X is? It has all the features that Windows has, including a built in browser and media player, but it's not considered to be anticompetive! Why? Because it doesn't have as much market share, and Apple is the "little guy"!! Yay! Yay! Yay! GO APPLE!
Will their inspectors actually be able to find WMP?
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There is no question as to why we are having such a heatwave in Europe. Bill is sending the heat from hell to punish them.
but as that is all that SCO does anyway, it constitues stopping all their european operations ;)
At least consistently bad is predictable, where as inconsistently good is beyond chaotic - almost emotional.
But you can only use it to get the lastest propaganda passing for news or information online, and you have to be eternally vigilant that you don't write or do anything with your fancy new machine that the current government or its friends don't like. Thank God I live in the good'ol USA, where we are free, and such restrictions on our personal freedom could never happen.
...it's because Bill Gates has mad warez skillz.
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Wow! 15 minutes and you removed all the other bloat and codecs too! Did you also remove IE?
I would have never guessed that one... I mean, next you'll be telling me crazy things like "the sky is blue" or "the earth is brown."
Sarcasm aside, the only reason M$ got off here in the US is because out president is a corporate money whore. Anything for those wonderful execs, eh?