The situation for Sony is even worse. Microsoft and Sony make a $5 - $10 dollar profit on games which are developed by third parties. So the have to sell you about 60 games...
Yes. Normally I'm not into French-bashing, but we can and should blame the French for that. They are blocking any reform on the Common Agricultural Policy.
For quite some time the EU and the european governments are running programs to promote the use of OSS.
The programs are not really effective as till now, but at least they raise awareness that there are alternatives for MS products.
I work in a large university hospital in The Netherlands. The IT-department here wants to change from Novell to Windows 2003. That's quite an issue here, because the Board of Directors feels that a (semi-) public institution should take the lead in implementing alternatives to MS.
A lot of local governments are making the switch to OSS, supported by the national government. So there is a good change that some of this money will be used for strengthening the market position of non-MS products.
A lot of my friends work on commercial ships. They are not allowed to ship cargo into the USA. Also, most EU airlines are not allowed to fly to destinations inside the USA.
I would also like to point out the equal trading agreement that has been made between the USA and Australia. I think the Australians can agree that the USA is competitive...
On the other hand, the EU is much worse in the agricultural protection (and some other markets). I think the USA and the EU are equally evil in the protection of their internal markets. They just protect other marketsegments.
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The situation for Sony is even worse. Microsoft and Sony make a $5 - $10 dollar profit on games which are developed by third parties. So the have to sell you about 60 games...
Yes. Normally I'm not into French-bashing, but we can and should blame the French for that. They are blocking any reform on the Common Agricultural Policy.
For quite some time the EU and the european governments are running programs to promote the use of OSS. The programs are not really effective as till now, but at least they raise awareness that there are alternatives for MS products. I work in a large university hospital in The Netherlands. The IT-department here wants to change from Novell to Windows 2003. That's quite an issue here, because the Board of Directors feels that a (semi-) public institution should take the lead in implementing alternatives to MS. A lot of local governments are making the switch to OSS, supported by the national government. So there is a good change that some of this money will be used for strengthening the market position of non-MS products.
A lot of my friends work on commercial ships. They are not allowed to ship cargo into the USA. Also, most EU airlines are not allowed to fly to destinations inside the USA. I would also like to point out the equal trading agreement that has been made between the USA and Australia. I think the Australians can agree that the USA is competitive... On the other hand, the EU is much worse in the agricultural protection (and some other markets). I think the USA and the EU are equally evil in the protection of their internal markets. They just protect other marketsegments.
Well, the EU is comparable to a Federal Government. The money will be added to the total EU budget.
so, you must be living in the United States of Protectionism?