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U.S. Lobbied EU Over Microsoft Fine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-sense-of-entitlement-here dept.

ukhackster writes "European commissioner Neelie Kroes has claimed that she was lobbied by the US government over the Microsoft antitrust case. ZDNet UK is reporting that Kroes 'did not appreciate' being asked to be 'nicer' to Microsoft. Given that Microsoft was fined 280m euros, perhaps this tactic backfired." From the article: "The commissioner criticised the approach. 'This is of course an intervention which is not possible,' Kroes told Dutch newspaper Financieele Dagblad this week. When asked if she was annoyed by the Embassy's approach, she said 'In my work, I cannot have a preference. I have, however, a personal opinion, but that is for Saturday night.'"

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  1. Re:Pfft. Nothing New Here by Hijacked+Public · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    One thing I don't believe any other government, or people, have done throughout history is to insist other governments should be more like their own and encouraging change with a very large military

    That is because through most of history the country with the larger military just killed everyone else instead of insisting they do their bidding. Wars are fought over all sorts of things, salt, which god to worship, women supposedly, strong desire to cleanse the earth of people different from the people with the larger military.

    You people really should be happy we haven't killed you yet.

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  2. Re:If only... by cayenne8 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    "A large proportion of adults still worship a god who advocates slavery, religious genocide, and the inherent inferiority of women."

    What does islam have to do with this discussion?

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