The political system over there is Alot different than it is here. The laws are a lot different there than they are here. SCO's case got thrown out of court and they got fined over in Europe for what they're trying to pull over here.
MS if they wanted to could 'try' the bribe route but I doubt it'd work. Money and power are mostly universal forces, but in a atmostphere where you can very quickly loose it for accepting money and power from someone else, it doesn't work nearly the same way.
And as you pointed out the EU is different, what makes you think that just because our (US) politicians are easily swayed by large 'campaign donations' that the same thing would work the same thing over there the same way. If you didn't notice, Europe doesn't seem to like the US too much, and likes monopolies even less. And just because we're too corupt and greedy to break up microsoft the way they're trying to doesn't mean they won't stick to their guns.
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The political system over there is Alot different than it is here. The laws are a lot different there than they are here. SCO's case got thrown out of court and they got fined over in Europe for what they're trying to pull over here. MS if they wanted to could 'try' the bribe route but I doubt it'd work. Money and power are mostly universal forces, but in a atmostphere where you can very quickly loose it for accepting money and power from someone else, it doesn't work nearly the same way. And as you pointed out the EU is different, what makes you think that just because our (US) politicians are easily swayed by large 'campaign donations' that the same thing would work the same thing over there the same way. If you didn't notice, Europe doesn't seem to like the US too much, and likes monopolies even less. And just because we're too corupt and greedy to break up microsoft the way they're trying to doesn't mean they won't stick to their guns.