That's the fairy tale you tell yourself when you go to sleep at night. You hide behind the myth of Microsoft being out of control when your real motivations is to see anything that is American and dominate torn down. I hope you are satisfied with your dreams as you will get no other satisfaction.
Regardless of where you work, you are of course absolutly right. The EU abhors US domination anywhere. Whether it be in economics or international policy. French president Chirac said him self that he sees France's role as a "counterweight to US policy" (his words), regardless of what it is. The EU is going after MS because there is an opportunity. If there was an opportunity to go after IBM, it would do that do. There is nothing more that they would like than to hobble any dominate US corporation. Americans who support the EU's attempts to dismantle MS are naive and have no sense of context. The previous poster has been called names and I am sure I will too, but it is symtomatic of the real issue where people are acting from a sense of loyality to Linux by bashing MS. What they are really doing is siding with our economic rivals and encouraging the destruction of the single largest US corporation. Absolute foolishness.
Get your head on straight would you? Its fine that you don't like Microsoft, but why do you think that the Europeans and the Chinese don't like Microsoft? Do you think it is because they have problems with their business plans? Don't be naive. Europe, China, and Russia are our economic rivals. They would like nothing more than to see Microsoft and any other dominant US corporation be hobbled. Please don't side with our economic enemies and use your head to see their true motivations instead of reacting to your primitive emotions.
I have grown quite tired of American computer professionals bashing Microsoft. Just because you are an advocate of Linux, as I am, it makes no sense to cheer when our economic rivals undermine the viability of the single largest corporation in the United States. Whether or not you use Microsoft products or not, your job in no small part is dependant on its products. Countless industries and professionals have come into existance simple because of Microsofts immense marketing power and success. There is nothing more that France, Germany, China, and Russia would love more than to see Microsoft cease to exist. Please use your head before you side with those forces that wish to see Microsoft and your country come to harm. Slashdot readers tend to have big brains please use them instead of deferring to your childish emotions.
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That's the fairy tale you tell yourself when you go to sleep at night. You hide behind the myth of Microsoft being out of control when your real motivations is to see anything that is American and dominate torn down. I hope you are satisfied with your dreams as you will get no other satisfaction.
Regardless of where you work, you are of course absolutly right. The EU abhors US domination anywhere. Whether it be in economics or international policy. French president Chirac said him self that he sees France's role as a "counterweight to US policy" (his words), regardless of what it is. The EU is going after MS because there is an opportunity. If there was an opportunity to go after IBM, it would do that do. There is nothing more that they would like than to hobble any dominate US corporation. Americans who support the EU's attempts to dismantle MS are naive and have no sense of context. The previous poster has been called names and I am sure I will too, but it is symtomatic of the real issue where people are acting from a sense of loyality to Linux by bashing MS. What they are really doing is siding with our economic rivals and encouraging the destruction of the single largest US corporation. Absolute foolishness.
Get your head on straight would you? Its fine that you don't like Microsoft, but why do you think that the Europeans and the Chinese don't like Microsoft? Do you think it is because they have problems with their business plans? Don't be naive. Europe, China, and Russia are our economic rivals. They would like nothing more than to see Microsoft and any other dominant US corporation be hobbled. Please don't side with our economic enemies and use your head to see their true motivations instead of reacting to your primitive emotions.
I have grown quite tired of American computer professionals bashing Microsoft. Just because you are an advocate of Linux, as I am, it makes no sense to cheer when our economic rivals undermine the viability of the single largest corporation in the United States. Whether or not you use Microsoft products or not, your job in no small part is dependant on its products. Countless industries and professionals have come into existance simple because of Microsofts immense marketing power and success. There is nothing more that France, Germany, China, and Russia would love more than to see Microsoft cease to exist. Please use your head before you side with those forces that wish to see Microsoft and your country come to harm. Slashdot readers tend to have big brains please use them instead of deferring to your childish emotions.