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Microsoft Responds to EU With Another Question
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has responded to the latest round of EU requests by asking how much the EU thinks they should charge for Windows Server Protocols. The EU has stated the Microsoft should charge based on 'innovation, not patentability' and that they have 'examined 160 Microsoft claims to patented technologies' concluding 'only four may only deserve to claim a limited degree of innovation.' The EU is also starting to discuss structural remedies as opposed to the behavioral remedies they are currently enforcing. At what point has/will the EU overstepped its bounds?"
Where does a 500 pound gorilla sit? Anywhere she wants, except in the 600 pound gorilla's seat.
I don't know who is the 600 pound gorilla in this case, but it sure is interesting to see a case where M$ doesn't just walk all over someone and is actually being bullied back....
A: Is it really necessary that every Slashdot summary ends with a very polarizing question?
Nope. That it end with a stupid question is neccessary. The stupid question may
or may not be polarizing.
Does anybody need to ask anything?
"The need to build the internet comes from something inside us, something programmed... something we can't resist."
Would everybody please stop answering questions with other questions?
Nuffsaid
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Don't know about his cat, but Schroedinger is definitely dead.
What would you prefer we respond with?
darn, looks like they haven't crossed that line yet
Maybe if I check again.....
Something rhetorical?
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Is this a private game, or can anyone join in?
You mean like a rhetorical question?
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
What is a rhetorical question?
What do you think one is?
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
A EU without Microsoft is a wet dream.
Please let it happen.
Are we using the EU definition of a rhetorical question or the Slashdot Natalie Portman definition of a rhetorical question?
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And Clive Anderson (or Drew Carey) buzzes in ending the game.
One thousand points to Greg Proops!
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
Would it not be a good idea to keep doing this to see if we can break Slashdot? How many levels deep can we go?
:P
iqu
Can we go one more?
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.-- Frontinus, 1st cent. AD
Don't forget the best bit: when I go to the shop (with my legs, not my car) for a pint (Imperial, not US) of milk, 0 out of 4 people that I meet are carrying guns!