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Former Hacker Irks Microsoft in EU Dispute
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "The Wall Street Journal profiles Neil Barrett, 'a former computer hacker who once infiltrated the system controlling a telescope at a Hawaii laboratory' and is now an expert witness causing problems for Microsoft in its antitrust battle with the European Union. Barrett 'has helped put the British glam rocker Gary Glitter behind bars for pedophilia. And he also has helped prosecute a teenage hacker from Wales, who claimed to have stolen Bill Gates' credit-card number and sent the Microsoft founder a shipment of Viagra. [...] In the corporate world, Mr. Barrett once met a challenge to hack into a large multinational company's system in four days to win a security assignment. He stole the company's undisclosed new logo as a trophy, he wrote.'"
Or much better, he should have "donated" 8,500 dollars to FSF or Open Source Linux... man that would be rich...imagine calling the press anonymously and telling them that all the time Bill was against Free Software, he is supporting them quietly in order to "embrace" better ideas from them...
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer
It also firmly establishes that this guy is nothing more than a backstabbing little shit. He illegally hacks into systems and then proceeds to turn anyone and everyone he can over to the authorities. Makes me wonder what kind of "friends" he has.
These are the kind of people we punk where I'm from. A snitch is already just about as low as one can be, but a completely hypocritical snitch deserves twice the beatdown.
Under the regime of "Bill the Bonker" as he is known here the DoJ were winning the case against MS hands down.
Queue the "Bush Brothers" and after a bit of vote rigging in Florida the DoJ were instructed to quietly drop the case.
Old COBOL programmers never die. They just code in C.
I guess they'd have to be to pay him off, lest they become the next people he decides to fink on.
The results are:
1) Ireland gets a lot of tax revenue
2) Ireland does what its told to by MS and others
and 3) the other EU states are deprived of legitimate tax revenues by fiscal dumping. And one wonders why their growth is sooo strong. It's a wonderfull country and people though.
Cheers Eire !
I am not Remy Mouton, unfortunately: http://remy.mouton.free.fr/art/
With all the money the Euro tax payers probably spent on this worthless crusade, they could have probably built their own alternative OS or retooled some Linux with even better usability.
At least the american DoJ were smart enough to know better when they stopped going at MS for nothing.
Put Microsoft ASIDE for a hot second...
..What ever, I want it to BOOT UP and get on the web, I DONT care if its IE or MOZILLA, I dont want to JUMP through hoops because "Its not FAIR". FAIR? - Provide a BETTER Product and stop bitching. Blah Blah, troll Me all you want, Take a LOOK at firefox. Its gaining market here and there, but my grandma still cant install plugins/addons. EU just making life a little harder for everyone with their whining..... NOT everyone is able to apt-get/emerge/make whatever libdvdcss... not everyone is able to download plugins etc.... a consumer will choose their product, bundled or not.
Your Car INCLUDES DOOR locks on your car, SINCE you BUNDLE the door locks you cant sell your car here... YOU MUST remove the door locks or we will fine you Million Dollars a day... Fuck THEM...
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