Microsoft Accuses European Union of Collusion

GarbagePailKid wrote to mention the news that Microsoft has filed a formal complaint alleging that the EU colluded with company rivals and hid critical documents during the EU regulation hearings. According to Microsoft: "While the documents provided do not include the direct correspondence between the commission and its technical experts, they show that the commission, the trustee, and Microsoft's adversaries were secretly collaborating throughout the fall of 2005 in a manner inconsistent with the commission's role as neutral regulator and the Trustee's role as independent monitor..."

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[AnonymousPrick]

this is /. . Bashing MS is still the best way to karma whore.

What happened to the days when MS, along with Apple, was the hero because they were against the big bad IBM monopoly. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Phillipe Kahn, and others, were heros because of their success and they were leaders of a new age.

It's funny, how things change. I understand why old people are the way they are. Fuck! I'm becoming an old guy!

hey kids! Get out of yard!

I've got to go...goddamn kids!

Re:MS blames everyone else.

[rtb61]

What it sounds like to me, is microsoft is complaining the the EU courts and prosecutors who talking to witness's with out microsoft lawyers being present to conduct their own "aggressive interrogation" techniques (you talk, your company pays).

Obviously unfair to microsoft, every accused criminal should have the right to be present when any witness or victim is being questioned by the authorities when gathering evidence to ensure only answers that the accused criminal would approve of are given, recorded or are admissible in court.

When you do bad things and get caught it is pretty much normal for everyone to blame you. Yeah, I know, it was that other guy or the new guy or it's all lies, lies I tell you, lies nothing but lies.

I bet everybody is waiting for those tens of thousands of letters from concerned European citizens to European members of government about how the nasty EU courts are victimising poor old Microsoft a company who has built a reputation based upon honesty and integrity, well at least a lack of.