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Microsoft Suffers Stunning EU Antitrust Defeat
Reuters India ^
| 9-17-07
| David Lawsky and Michele Sinner
Posted on 09/17/2007 6:13:24 AM PDT by webschooner
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To: webschooner
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:15:38 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(Free Venezuela!)
To: webschooner
They should be sued for producing Vista.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:15:47 AM PDT
by
Carl LaFong
(Building Code Under Fire)
To: webschooner
Why is this stunning? Microsoft is a U.S based company. Anytime they can, the Euro-socialists are going to whack it with sanctions.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:15:54 AM PDT
by
steve8714
To: webschooner; ShadowAce
...ruling that the U.S. software giant illegally abused its market power to crush competitors. I am shocked.....
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:16:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: Glenn
To: webschooner
-—Microsoft suffered a stunning defeat on Monday when a European Union court backed a European Commission ruling that the U.S. software giant illegally abused its market power to crush competitors.-—
Who exactly was crushed?
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:17:54 AM PDT
by
claudiustg
(You know it. I know it.)
To: webschooner
I’m reminded of the “Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog” law in Atlas Shrugged. It’s not good to beat your competitors. Somebody might get hurt.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:20:48 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: webschooner
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:21:45 AM PDT
by
kitkat
(I refuse to let the DUers chase me off FR.)
To: webschooner
Europe is just pi$$ed because her entry into the operating system wars,MaginotLine,died in the competition of the open marketplace.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:22:31 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:22:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
To: webschooner
The neo-communists ruled against a very successful capitalist company. What’s the surprise?
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:23:32 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: webschooner
Microsoft ought to use their EULA to disable all copies of Windows running in Europe. They could also threaten to stop selling in Europe. They are not completely powerless in this. These are just the two most extreme cases.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:24:56 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
To: webschooner
Sounds like Microsoft has been given no choice but to begin selling more primitive versions of its favorite products in the technologically backwards area called the EU.
'cause that's what they'll do ~ it won't be the latest and greatest Windows ~ just one that can't be used with their American market products.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:25:57 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah
I’ve used Office 2007, and would be glad to continue using one of their more primitive versions. As it is, for most word processing, I’ve switched to a free download that does what I need without all the garbage.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:28:32 AM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
To: muawiyah
If I were Microsoft, I'd just withdraw from EU countries.
Today.
Disconnect tech support.
Clean off the shelves.
Screw'em.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:30:27 AM PDT
by
Lurking in Kansas
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: webschooner
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:30:52 AM PDT
by
GottaLuvAkitas1
(Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
To: Carl LaFong
They should be sued for producing Vista.
I expect they will be, eventually, for the built-in phone-home features and for the elements that could cause other software and hardware to cease functioning -- because VISTA deems it non-legitimate.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:31:41 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Ingtar
Exactly my thoughts.
Let THEM develop their own software and operating systems.
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:33:23 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: webschooner
EU Revenue Item Budget:
Taxes
More Taxes
Hidden Taxes
Microsoft Fine
If it moves, tax it
If it dies, tax it
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posted on
09/17/2007 6:34:37 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(I'm With Fred)
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