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Microsoft Loses EU Anti-Trust Appeal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sucks-to-be-them dept.

Kugrian writes "Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute. The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position."

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  1. Please queue the anti EU replies here by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    From TFA:

    The EU is making an example of a strong US company - that's all it is -- Kenneth Macbeth
    Obviously the EU hates your freedom...
    --
    It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
    Be yourself no matter what they say
  2. Re: This isn't justice: too little, too late by suv4x4 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Either way, I'm much more optimistic about the "sharing of server protocols" part of the judgment. It would be great being able to use Samba as an AD controller.

    I didn't know that "it would be great" represents a valid reason to sue anyone. It'd be great to have free ice-cream, so do I sue the ice-cream manufacturers?

    The matter of fact is, Microsoft's tactics to create greater lock-in effect have started playing against themselves. Open standards gain popularity that make their own incompatible solution irrelevant. The irony.

    To begin with, let me tell you about a friend of mine: Mr. Question Mark [penny-arcade.com]. He's happy to help whenever you have a sentence phrased like a question.

    Let me tell you about a friend of mine: Mr. Don't Patronize Me B*tch.

    Those were rhetorical questions and I chose to use full stop, as it better represented my intended tone, never mind what I could have used. I hope you manage to sustain your being without spilling internal organs all over your room, while reading how I dare fight Mr. Question Mark.

    Oh, and no hard feelings...

  3. Re:Microsoft lost its appeal? by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think Microsoft lost its appeal a long time ago...
    You realize that by this you basically state that once upon a time M$ gave you a stiffy.

    This very sharp deduction of mine (and which I own) is merely in Slashdot's spirit of scientific approach to matters and challenging theories by that.
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    I hadn't the slightest objection to his spending his time planning massacres for the bourgeoisie... (P.G. Wodehouse)
  4. Re:This isn't justice: too little, too late by suv4x4 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You have that now. You can order XP based machines from every major vendor.

    Show me the link where I can order XP based machine from DELL as end user (not business). It shows only Vista variations (four of 'em). The situation is the same with other vendors.

  5. Okay, new rule by GregPK · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only buy Microsoft products an none of the crap that the competitors try to push out on me. The only reason the EU did this is because none of thier crap for developers could come out with something better. I hope Microsoft appeals this. Because by the time the appeals process comes out Apple will likely have taken a significant hold on the market and the EU will be going after them too. Why? Because they didn't think of it first and they want to profit from copying American ideas and work.