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Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Ruling
Ec|ipse writes "Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European court order to implement antitrust sanctions, Instead, Microsoft hopes to win their main appeal that they (Microsoft) had abused their software dominance."
Probably realised the lawyers would cost more than the fines.
I guess today is a passable day to die.
But.... Longhorn will fix all this, we promise.
...They are afraid that some of the people in court might be reading slashdot, and saw yesterday's Ballmer ad, so they decided to abandon the case until this is forgotten. After all nobody wants to be laughed by a federal judge.
Their "dominance" will wither away, and quickly, if they don't start doing something about security issues.
That's like saying the U.S. is going to start to lose population quickly if they don't do something about their Medical Care or Foreign Policy. Sure Canada might have a lower crime rate and better medical care, but people just aren't willing to move away from a life that is warm, familiar, easy, etc.
No matter what happens to windows, users will probably never switch, and certainly not "Quickly" (speaking in terms of a percentage)