ICT agencies just communicate that IE is insecure and should not be used unless the critical security flaw is fixed. Basically the same Microsoft said.
In fact a national agency resp. for It security makes a sane recommendation, another similar body follows. It is not enforced in any way. It is also not "political". Then a journalist reports it as "the government warns".
In terms of competition policy, you just need to obey the rules provided by law. No one is forced to provide products and services on our market. The procedings to not discriminate whether it is domestic or not. Antitrust proceedings are started because competitors complain and the authority then investigates. It is not the European fault that under Reagan US competition law was dismantled and Bush turned the Microsoft case into a bitter joke. Fines and remedies etc. apply to all players in Europe and there are n of these merger control proceedings. The difference is that American companies make so much mad rhino noise instead of simply complying. That may be a reflex on the low status of Us antitrust law as a kind of "consumer benefit" regulation. We don't care for consumers in particular. We care for order of the market. And it suprises us to see companies which don't pay respect to the competent authorities.
It can be a matter of elitist self-sacrifice. It can be social conventions and brain wash which forces you to go down that road and you don't realise what you are doing.
The United States does not look sustainable in terms of governance to me. In Good By Lenin there is a reference to the Military Parade of the GDR at its 40th anniversary. They were marsching while the state TV commentator was talking the anti-militarist sermon of the communist doctrine.
So two month later it was all gone forever. Two years later the USSR was downed.
The collapse of the Western Block may happen next year or later. Russian geostrategist believe that the US will be split in certain zones. I am sure the current copyright regime will survive the test of time.
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The case is about bundling.
If you have a monopoly, that is fine.
But you may not abuse your monopoly to get another one.
In a "free market" the market is perfect. So goods are like commodities. You would not care about the provider.
I am pretty sure an open cuba with free trade would immidiately transform the regime. The embargo stabilises the regime in its niche.
"But the problem wasn't in IE8 - it was in IE6 - so it was brought about by people who are using a version of IE that was replaced 1 to 2 years ago."
false. IE8 is also affected.
The French and the German IT security agency.
"France and Germany are mandating switching"
---> no.
ICT agencies just communicate that IE is insecure and should not be used unless the critical security flaw is fixed. Basically the same Microsoft said.
You assume the EU is a monolitic structure.
In fact a national agency resp. for It security makes a sane recommendation, another similar body follows. It is not enforced in any way. It is also not "political". Then a journalist reports it as "the government warns".
In terms of competition policy, you just need to obey the rules provided by law. No one is forced to provide products and services on our market. The procedings to not discriminate whether it is domestic or not. Antitrust proceedings are started because competitors complain and the authority then investigates. It is not the European fault that under Reagan US competition law was dismantled and Bush turned the Microsoft case into a bitter joke. Fines and remedies etc. apply to all players in Europe and there are n of these merger control proceedings. The difference is that American companies make so much mad rhino noise instead of simply complying. That may be a reflex on the low status of Us antitrust law as a kind of "consumer benefit" regulation. We don't care for consumers in particular. We care for order of the market. And it suprises us to see companies which don't pay respect to the competent authorities.
The answer is "no".
Competition policy moves a market towards a "free market" that is the whole point.
Free market != laissez faire.
When there are barriers to competition and lock-in it is not a free market. Basically when you enable more competition the market becomes more free.
Companies don't like a "free market", they prefer a dominant market position because it is more profitable.
Your definition is "off".
Free market != laissez faire.
In a Free market there could not be a monopoly.
Feel free to package MSI packages for your clients.
It is the federal IT security agency, branched out from the secret service. It is part of the ministry of the interior.
The old baltic kingdom of Prussia requires a top level domain.
PostgreSQL just works fine. Probably PostgreSQL does not need so many developer.
Ah, and different stock option scheme when it is sold within 4 years...
I see I see
Monty is the next SCOop.
Get the poor billionaire (who sold MySQL) his open source project back, as dual licensing because the GPL is crap. Sign here.
Or: When you come from these nations your parents don't sent you to University to earn a degree in the fine arts.
You don't "decide" to blow yourself up.
It can be a matter of elitist self-sacrifice. It can be social conventions and brain wash which forces you to go down that road and you don't realise what you are doing.
We don't know that.
For me btw. a Boskop is an Apple.
Of course Engineers tend to get it done. Solve problems. The build bombs, rockets and torture factories for you.
Sometimes they are not smart enough to question the agenda.
1) Undermine the FSF.
LOL
It is all more about a me-too placebo. So when you get asked, what do you do in terms of open source, you get this Ramji guy.
Ok, I see. So Microsoft is behind the attacks against Oracle in the EU. Thank you very much for the confirmation.
I mean the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block.
The United States does not look sustainable in terms of governance to me. In Good By Lenin there is a reference to the Military Parade of the GDR at its 40th anniversary. They were marsching while the state TV commentator was talking the anti-militarist sermon of the communist doctrine.
So two month later it was all gone forever. Two years later the USSR was downed.
The collapse of the Western Block may happen next year or later. Russian geostrategist believe that the US will be split in certain zones. I am sure the current copyright regime will survive the test of time.
I predict the USA will collapse and its legal system. We witnessed the same for the United States.
It is most likely competitors as Microsoft behind the competition complaint.