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US Government Keeping Close Eye on Longhorn
skrysakj writes "CNN/Money has a new article describing the close eye the Feds have on Longhorn and its compliance with the anti-trust settlement. I wonder how discerning their eye will be considering past decisions and lax enforcement. Also, this prompts the question, what is the EU doing to examine Longhorn?" The longer Washington Post piece has more information.
They should put the Department of Homeland Security on it too. You know, for securities sake.
Probably because it'll come bundled with a complete government, so you won't need the on in Washington DC, state capitol, etc.
Those guys up in Redmond are so thoughtful, but what happens when the first security hole is found?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Also, this prompts the question, what is the EU doing to examine Longhorn?
:-D
Not using it?
When the fox gaurds the henhouse
I thought it was well known that FOX mainly guarded the White House.
Sorry, my metaphor stack overflowed at that point.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
whats "goatse" a codename for?
... hi bingo
John Kerry is the richest man to ever grace the senate, he's married to Teresa HEINZ Kerry, you know, the ketchup chick. They have billions, none of it he EARNED. He married the widow of a rich ketchup producer.
Damn politicians, they find all the really wealthy ones. We need to make a list of the top wealthiest single females.
It's to meet the daily bash-Microsoft quota.
I'd gladly offer to become the IT whipping boy on Slashdot and the server room water coolers for only a tenth as much money as Microsoft gets.
I'd smile everytime some says I was evil incarnate and collected more money from them.
"Provided by the management for your protection."
When faced with these sorts of forced splits, it is always useful to consider Fisher's Deduction:
"The more issues a person tries crudely shoehorn down into an artificial liberal/conservative dichotomy, the more certain you can be that ther person is an American."
It's not 100%, but it is surprisingly accurate surprisingly often.
Jedidiah.
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To be fair, that kind of problem is notoriously hard.
"Microsoft resembles the government."
Where do you think the scrutiny is coming from? They're both monopolies who can't stand competition, let alone from each other.
They will never stop until somebody makes the