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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: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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  4. Re:Why the complaints? by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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