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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. Re:Poor Microsoft... by davidsyes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ground beef... heheheh Chuck, roast, prime round, round eye, UP CHUCK...? If you equate their leadership to Star Trek's mad admirals, you can start corporate Mad Cow DisEase...

    And if you DHCP their ass and bind an address, you'll be bound to grief on their ground beef.

    (The Anti-Trust can keep steaming along. I'm pro-DIStrust of them. But, I AM happy that vista runs inside my VirtualBox-equipped PCLinuxOS2007 computer. Installed without too much of an issue, just about 45 minutes, 2 or 3 virtual reboots, and some minor tweaking (turn of UAC, need some vid drivers, need to activate the NIC or find a way to share files tween Linux and Blista...)...)

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  2. Re:Shudder... You haven't been probed until... by davidsyes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Byung-Gu gets ahold of your rear with his phallic, silver, steam-delivering alien anal probe.

    He says, "See this here?... It's headed for a special place..." LOL!

    He says no one has been able to stand it for more than an hour (I suppose he meant ALIENS, not humans...), but at least he lubes the thing. When it arrives on screen, it's a stunner. If you live in SF, you can borrow it from SFPL. Or, you can buy it online... Funny as hell. Crosses every imaginable film/movie genre in about 2 hours. Can't make stuff like this in the US...

    http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/horror/savethegreenplanet/savethegreenplanet.html

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004650-save_the_green_planet/

    http://www.loveasianfilm.com/reviews/savethegreenplanet.html

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