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EU Launches Yet Another Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the getting-probed-always-a-bummer dept.

Connor writes "The EU has announced a new wide-ranging antitrust probe into Microsoft's practices of bundling software with Windows, as well as whether its products interoperate sufficiently with competitors' products. 'The first area of investigation will concern interoperability of some of Microsoft's products, including Office 2007, the .NET Framework, and some of Microsoft's server products.' The other prong of the investigation is a response to Opera's antitrust complaint, but will look at other products, too. 'The Commission will also look at desktop search and Windows Live as well in addition to other products. The EC says that its investigation will "focus on allegations that a range of products have been unlawfully tied to sales of Microsoft's dominant operating system."'"

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  1. The World by MyLongNickName · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    China protects its own by keeping its currency undervalued.
    Europe protects its own through litigation and trade restricting laws.
    The Unites States rapes its own through outsourcing, overspending and reducing taxes on the rich.

    Which one do you think will be a world power in 50 years?

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  2. Re:Oh, No, Not again! by FredFredrickson · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Oh my god- a pro-microsoft argument that actually makes sense. Let's mark it troll.

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  3. Cognitive Dissonance by amliebsch · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The past couple of years, everyone on the hate-Microsoft bandwagon can't shut up about how Apple is eating Microsoft's lunch, Vista is rejected by the public, Linux is eroding Windows on the low-end, Mac market share is increasing rapidly, blah blah blah. Yet at the same time, they push for these antitrust probes which are based on the premise that Microsoft has something like a monopoly on desktop operating systems that prevents users from making a choice.

    Doesn't these memes directly contradict each other?

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  4. Re:Poor Microsoft... by davidsyes · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Say, Greyfox. Nothing like redundant sphincters that can log in and mod down the hell out of people, huh?

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