EU to Ban Macs

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday April 1, 2005 @11:57AM from the bite-out-of-the-apple dept.

johnalex writes "Digit Online News is reporting that 'The European Union has revealed it is to ban the sale and use of Apple Macintosh computers by 2006 - citing the need for unification in a directive unveiled today.' Reasons for the ban include that 'Apple's lack of floppy disk drive is discriminatory to EU residents, and that the Apple logo doesn't hail from the apple-growing regions of Southern France.'"

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I think I speak for everyone when I say... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-01 12:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

SHUT THE KUFC UP
MOD PARENT -1, NOTHING TO SEE HERE by Yolegoman · 2005-04-01 12:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nothing to see here either. Please move along.
Re:Join the cause! by Winkhorst · 2005-04-01 12:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I agree. Enough FUCKING April Fool jokes already you gaddamned simians. And I WAS yelling, you idiots.

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"Is this Winkhorst a nova criminal?" "No just a technical sergeant wanted for interrogation."
Re:free Mac mini by calibanDNS · 2005-04-01 12:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Actually, my wife makes more than me. I'm a software engineer and she's a commercial real estate attorney.
Re:free Mac mini by kaatochacha · 2005-04-01 12:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

IF you are in any way related to an attorney, you obviously do not deserve anything free. Thank you for your time.
WTF? by KrisCowboy · 2005-04-01 15:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

the Apple logo doesn't hail from the apple-growing regions of Southern France
That is the stupidest reason if there ever was one. What are they going to use? No to Windows because the logo doesn't hail from the windowed houses of EU and not Linux becuase Torvalds moved out to USA. Guess people will just have to dump out their computers.