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EU Official Labels Microsoft's Behavior Unacceptable

Posted by Zonk on from the i-thought-he-who-had-the-gold-makes-the-rules dept.

InfoWorldMike writes "EU commissioner Neelie Kroes has lashed out at Microsoft in comments to European parliamentarians Thursday, saying it is 'unacceptable' that the company continues to gain market share using tactics that were outlawed in the Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against the software vendor. 'Three years later Microsoft still hasn't complied with the main demand imposed by the European antitrust ruling: that the company share interoperability information inside Windows at a reasonable price to allow rival makers of workgroup servers to build products that work properly with PCs running Windows.'"

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  1. Oh Please by Luscious868 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That has as much practical effect as the Democrats calling Iraq a mess. We know ... but unless you're actually going to do something about it do us all a favor and shut up.

  2. Re:Sigh. by Blakey+Rat · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Because they don't have any successful tech companies of their own to boss around? Europe virtually ignored the tech industry for decades, and now that they've realized the ship has sailed and they're not on it, they're "getting back" at the successful companies by annoying them with pointless fines.

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  3. Re:Sigh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Why is it that only Europe is standing up to them?

    Because Europe can't compete with the United Statest militarily, economically, culturally, or politically, they are taking out their frustrations on US corporations.