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EU Official Labels Microsoft's Behavior Unacceptable
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.'"
I'm seeing more EU political stories that don't belong here. In fact, there are actually very little US political stories except when it involves bashing Bush or the US.
Maybe the editors should follow their own rules.
Sounds awfully pinko-commie to me !!!
Maybe Microsoft is expecting the same kind of treatment Iran is getting over its nuclear program. Lots of diplomatic gas, no action.
Here are some interesting quotes from Wikipedia.
.. and we knock 'em down:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelie_Kroes
"Kroes attended conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group in 2005 and 2006."
"In 2004 Neelie Kroes was appointed the European Commissioner for Competition. Her nomination was heavily criticised because of her ties to big business and alleged involvement in shady arms deals."
perhaps explaining the reason why:
"Kroes refused to become minister of Defense in 1988"
"As a minister she was responsible for the privatisation of the Post and Telephone Services." - she was put in charge of supervising this, which seemed to be time-coordinated with actions by other governments in Western Europe (killing the old left).
"After her time as minister Kroes became a member of the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce, furthermore she served as a board member for Ballast Nedam (shipping), ABP-PGGM (a pension fund), NIB (an investment bank), McDonald's Netherlands, Nedlloyd, and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (the privatized Dutch railroad company)."
We [Bilderberg] build 'em up:
"As chairperson of Nijenrode University, Kroes awarded an honorary doctorate to Microsoft founder Bill Gates in 1996."
"As a European Commissioner for Competition one of her first tasks in 2004 was to oversee the fining brought onto Microsoft by the European Commission (see European Union Microsoft antitrust case)."
A loyal servant of the Dutch aristocracy:
"Kroes is Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion since 1981, and Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau since 1989;"
Sinister cow. One coal-miner is worth ten of her.
I say Apple should not force us to buy OSX when we just want to purchase their "superior" hardware without an OS. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know - Apple is different! Apologies in advance....
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