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Microsoft Subpoenas Thrown out of Court
liliafan writes "Following Microsoft's attempt to subpoena documents through US courts, relating to their ongoing anti-trust case in the UK, the judge in California has thrown the case out of court citing: 'As a matter of comity, this court is unwilling to order discovery when doing so will interfere with the European Commission's orderly handling of its own enforcement proceedings.' as his reasoning."
As was the US antitrust case.
... seriously, this is stupid. They're not blocking any other FREE programs from working with Windows. Yeah they're bundled. So what. There's a plethoria of options available. For free.
From TFA:
"Rejection comes as Microsoft squares off with the EC in Brussels over a potential 200-million-euro-a-day fine for failing to comply with the terms of a 2004 anti-trust ruling by the Commission on Microsoft's bundling of Media Player with Windows."
Heaven forbid they bundle a FREE program that they make with their OS. That, if you don't like, or if isn't sufficient for what you need, you can replace with many, many other FREE programs.
My goodness, just imagine if they bundled IE for FREE with their OS! I don't think I could ever go download another FREE web browser!
No sir, one FREE program at a time for me.
... still waiting for this free-as-in-beer free beer I keep hearing about.