As a computer programmer and user of thirty plus years I feel deeply disturbed, not to say
belittled and insulted, that in the Microsoft anti-trust case my voice counts for nothing, simply because I am not a US citizen.
In the days of economic globalization, which has so many vested advocates in the US, and in
the case of a multi(supra)-national corporation, which has been, arguably, proven to engage
in restless, relentless and on-going predatory behaviour, such exclusion, solely based on the
fact that I do not have a vote for the US Congress smaks, indeed, of imperial 'folie des grandeurs'.
Because of the deliberate policies of Microsoft, right now tens of millions of non US information technology users suffer on a daily basis, by being denied access to alternative and/or supplemental products by ruthless economic and political pressure.
One can only hope that the more realistic approach of the European Community, (which contrary to the US, is quite used to deal with multi-cultural sensitivities on a daily basis)
will find a way to put an end to what I can only call, ingnorant bullying.
If this means having to stare down a bit of grand-standing about economic sanctions by the US and the WTO, so be it.
It will be a small price to pay to hand US politicians (as opposed to the peoples of the US)
a bit of their own medicine, and make them realize that when the crunch comes, we will
all hang together.
Slashdot Mirror
Well done !.
Congratulations, I could not agree more.
Just imagine if the voices of non US citizens were
also deemed worth while.
To Whom It May Concern,
Dear Sir/Madam,
As a computer programmer and user of thirty plus years I feel deeply disturbed, not to say
belittled and insulted, that in the Microsoft anti-trust case my voice counts for nothing, simply because I am not a US citizen.
In the days of economic globalization, which has so many vested advocates in the US, and in
the case of a multi(supra)-national corporation, which has been, arguably, proven to engage
in restless, relentless and on-going predatory behaviour, such exclusion, solely based on the
fact that I do not have a vote for the US Congress smaks, indeed, of imperial 'folie des grandeurs'.
Because of the deliberate policies of Microsoft, right now tens of millions of non US information technology users suffer on a daily basis, by being denied access to alternative and/or supplemental products by ruthless economic and political pressure.
One can only hope that the more realistic approach of the European Community, (which contrary to the US, is quite used to deal with multi-cultural sensitivities on a daily basis)
will find a way to put an end to what I can only call, ingnorant bullying.
If this means having to stare down a bit of grand-standing about economic sanctions by the US and the WTO, so be it.
It will be a small price to pay to hand US politicians (as opposed to the peoples of the US)
a bit of their own medicine, and make them realize that when the crunch comes, we will
all hang together.