EU Rejects Microsoft Settlement Proposal

Karl Cocknozzle writes "European Union antitrust officials have dismissed as insufficient Microsoft's offer to settle their most recent antitrust problem in Europe. Spokespeople for the European Commission and Microsoft declined to comment on a report in today's Financial Times that Microsoft had offered to include rival media player software from Apple and Real Networks on a CD-ROM packaged with personal computers to help resolve the case. Previously, the EU had demanded that Microsoft either unbundle Windows Media Player, or also bundle rival media players with Windows. It appears that Microsoft might get more than a slap on the wrist this time around."

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if it was up to me...

[xao gypsie]

i would make mr gates walk from normandy to rome giving out cd's with slackware to everyone he sees telling him how sorry he is and how much France can kick his ass...

Hello EU IT Administrator

[Anonymous Coward]

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Sales!

After processing your request, we have determined that your upgrade cost will be:

$12,000,000,000.42.

Thank you,
Microsoft Sales

Re:Hello EU IT Administrator

[tepples]

Thank you for the price quote on Microsoft software.

However, we feel we could save money for our clients, the taxpayers of Europe, by migrating our systems to FreeBSD.

Thank you,
EU Ministry of IT

(Microsoft sales officer mutters to himself: Lost another one to DyingTech.)

Those skulls are thicker than I thought.

[jotaeleemeese]

The simple concept of why a monopoly is treated differently has left some brains in their virginal state.

Most be a calcium overdose....

When is it too much?

[lake2112]

Windows comes installed with Notepad, so now Windows comes installed with Notepad, EditPlus and UltraEdit. (even though they are better than notepad) Windows comes installed with MS Paint so can I get Photoshop installed with Windows.