Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
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Re: And, once again
Yes, it was such an insightful contribution. It altered my whole reality. I'm writing a check to the EU right now because I might have been successful at some point in my life.
Personally I think Bill Gates was the greatest business theif of all time. That being said, ever used Linux, or pre-wintel compatible mac's? It's a nightmare. Yeah M$ got away with a lot of shady things; should they be paying the EU because they won't supply each of their competitors with a custom version of their source code? I think not.
I love this though:
The fines EU is looking to impose did not just appear out of the blue, they have been told for almost 2 years that they have to make their product more interoperable. Or at the very least provide adequite documentation on how to do some low level operations.
What? M$ certainly isn't the only option for business solutions. I haven't checked in a while, but various UNIX versions held greater than 50% of the server market not long ago.
While they shouldn't be allowed to intimidate and constrain innovation, they should be allowed to define their product.
If the EU really cared about this stuff they'd be levying fines on OPEC. But they have no balls. |
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jobr
join:2004-10-21
Halifax, NS | By the same token, no one is forcing Microsoft to do business in the EU. If they don't like playing by the rules set by the authorities, they are certainly free to leave. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | I wonder how the businesses in the EU would feel about that? I don't think there are any Microsoft stores in the EU.  Or anywhere for that matter. |
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