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Microsoft To Appeal EU Decision

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fighting-the-old-country dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com has an article on Microsoft's upcoming appeal of the EU antitrust decision. Their argument is essentially that they shouldn't be penalized for becoming successful in a marketplace." From the article: "Microsoft relies on the fact that its communication protocols are technologically innovative and are covered by intellectual-property rights ... [the company] had designed its Windows server operating systems from the outset to interoperate with non-Microsoft server operating systems"

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  1. Frankly... by dex22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't imagine Microsoft appealing to anyone... ;)

  2. Re:market success by erroneus · · Score: 5, Funny

    EXACTLY. They are "successful" at the expense of the public which makes them harmful.

    Cockroaches are "successful." Rats are "successful." Microsoft is "successful."

    (wasn't that clever of me to associate cockroaches and rats with microsoft?)

  3. Re:Why the complaints? by babbling · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just can't believe they appealed...

  4. Phrase of the day by 6031769 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Microsoft relies on the fact that its communication protocols are technologically innovative

    That really is fantastic (in both senses). Microsoft have seriously outdone themselves with that one. An upside-down toilet would be technologically innovative and about as much use as one of their communication protocols. At least it made me smile.

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  5. Re:Wrong argument by ccady · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't that be "penalised" not "penalized" as I'm pretty sure they use English rather than American in the EU, certainally we do in my part :-)

    Anyhow it's a deliberatley misleading argument ... they shouldn't willfully and deliberatley break the law.

    Is deliberatley an English word, too? No wonder us 'merican hicks cain't git it right.

    [Just pulling your leg. Not disturbed, just amused.]

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  6. Re:Wrong argument by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah. I think I'll go beat the crap out of Bill Gates and then argue that I shouldn't be penalised simply because I grew up to be bigger and stronger than Bill.

  7. Jesus?!?! by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 2, Funny

    crewing with those who wish to communicate with your operating system via your protocols is all part of INNOVATION! Abusing your monopoly position is all part of INNOVATION! Poor long suffering Microsoft, the Jesus of Software, so maligned by so many.

    I don't think your, Jesus analogy will hold because Jesus' disciples were men of peace and unlike some of the people at Microsoft they would never have thrown chairs at the faithful.

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    1. Re:Jesus?!?! by MightyMartian · · Score: 2, Funny
      "And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said unto them, 'It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer"; but you make it a den of robbers.'

      Yeah, I think Jesus went Balmer on them!

      I'm going to FUCKING KILL the money-changers!
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  8. Re:Why the complaints? by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

    It means I own both Boardwalk and Park Place :-)

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