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Microsoft Finally Bows to EU Antitrust Measures
Rogue Pat writes "Microsoft ended three years of resistance on Monday and finally agreed to comply with a landmark 2004 antitrust decision by the European Commission. Competitors will be able to buy interface protocols for 10.000 Euro to make their software work better with Windows. Moreover, Microsoft won't appeal the 500 million Euro fine any further."
Aaaagh, how I hate that mistake: it is "whether"... Please, "weather" is the thing about sunshine and rain... *weeps*
I think the saddest thing is that people don't even question the justness of laws anymore.
If I have a secret, I don't care what the antitrust european court says, it's my secret, they shoudln't take that nor my money away for me.
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Please define torture.
I say locking people up is torture (Prison), does your country support incarceration? Do you support incarceration? You SUPPORT TORTURE!
See how easy it is to call something torture? See how easy it is to sensationalize something?
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
The 27 countries in the EU do total out to just edge out the US alone. Add Canada to the US and their GDP passes those 27 countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
I wouldn't think you could could use the figure to measure how well someone could sell their product in just the "EU" as a whole, since each country still has it's own sovereignty, and can completely ban a product if they feel the need (see violent video games in German, or Nazi flags in France).
Each local region can also have it's own laws depending on the country, but this is the same for all countries.
The EU could finalize the step if it could just decide it wanted to be a country, but then you only get one soccer team in the world cup!