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- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust matters
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust mattersSilly Boy.Protectionism helps no-one. Your "sissy socialist" message is offensive.What is US government doing meanwhile?They just let these European sissy socialists get away w/ screwing American companies on all sorts of sorrow butt excuses at every turn? Giving in now, there's no end...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, CLI, Microsoft Corp., ballot screen, EC antitrust matter, EC antitrust, Microsoft Trying
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign
- Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaignYeah, ok, Apple too, along with Microsoft.I did forget Apple: I don't get that either. HansWhat is a "Windows Enthusiast"?This is something I don't understand. I've never understood how someone could get behind a for profit company like this. I could...
- Tags: boycott, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Windows Enthusiast
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Microsoft proposes launching an IE-free Windows 7 'E' in Europe
- Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to try to appease European Commission EC regulators who are mulling possible remedies in the ongoing Opera-Microsoft browser-bundling case in the European Union. According to News.com, Microsoft's newest proposal is to offer a version of Windows 7 which strips out Internet...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Softies, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Allowing users to 'vote' for browsers could be Microsoft's worst nightmare
- Allowing users to 'vote' for browsers could be Microsoft's worst nightmareUsers are already able to choose a browser based on features/functionality.[i]I?d say Microsoft could be in some serious trouble if users really are allowed to choose browsers based on features and functionality.[/i]Your blog makes it sound as if they are...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Should Mozilla stay out of the whole IE/EU antitrust mess?
- Should Mozilla stay out of the whole IE/EU antitrust mess?oopshit the wrong response; should have been: stay away!This looks like whining. Just build a better mousetrap....Is Mozilla imploding?This coming at a time where 1) Mozilla devs are struggling to get the 3.1 beta out but are hit by numerous...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE/EU antitrust, whole IE/EU antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-02-11
- The+EU%3A+Too+much+control+over+the+tech+sector+%28and+Microsoft%29+%3F
- The+EU%3A+Too+much+control+over+the+tech+sector+%28and+Microsoft%29+%3FYawn. You really are anidiot. I just had to finally say it, as I do not say that much (I do try to be respectfull of others's points of views and beliefs), no matter how right or totally wrong they may be, Yet I get the sense that you...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., merger
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Microsoft antitrust oversight and a changed market
- Microsoft antitrust oversight and a changed marketPast actions speak louder the future promises!Most of us DO NOT trust anyone who has taken advantage and harmedus in the past. An abusive parent does not deserve a "get out ofjail free" card just because they raised the abused child.Courts seem to...
- Tags: antitrust, Microsoft Corp., windscreen
- Discussion threads 2008-01-30
- Google must woo mobile app developers
- Google must woo mobile app developersAndroid isn't for current mobile developersThe opinions of people currently developing mobile apps are not the ones we should be interested in. The point of Android is to recruit the vast body of desktop Linux developers to develop mobile apps and not for existing...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, Scripting languages, Programming languages, developer, mobile, Google Inc., cell phone, mobile app, mobile app developer, Java
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- U.S. defends Microsoft remedy at international meet
- U.S. defends Microsoft remedy at international meetMicrosoft is a beacon to the world...The rest of the free world should look to Microsoft as a beacon of hope and a bastion of innovation. Why is it then that Europe continues to throw mud in the face of this benevolent and most...
- Tags: Corporate law, NETWORKING, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Barnett
- Discussion threads 2007-09-29
- EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decision
- EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decisionMicrosoft has been building server OSes since 1993 -- or earlierNT 3.1 was released in 1993 and came in a Server version. But even many prior to that, they made the LAN Manager product.Break them both upthey both have unfairly beaten up...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Digital media, Digital music, Now IT, Microsoft Corp., operating system, EU Antitrust Power, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- Justice Department, states differ on Microsoft settlement
- Justice Department, states differ on Microsoft settlementExtension of Penalties is UnavoidableThe idea that all of attorney general Gonzales' problems and his recent resignation are related to getting Slade Gorton, long time Microsoft supporter, into the Attorney Generals office where he can further Brad Chase's goal of further corruption of the...
- Tags: IT Still, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Gates plans his leave amid great change
- Gates plans his leave amid great changeGates forced out as US Antitrust RemedyWe do not tolerate barons and kings in the USA. What has happened to Bill Gates is not of his choice. Robber barons like him do not belong in our polite society. The USA was founded on this...
- Tags: Strategy, Servers, Billg, Bill Gates, Abramoff, great change, leave
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- EU cautioned on any Microsoft break-up
- EU cautioned on any Microsoft break-upIt's already happeningChanging Microsoft's behaviour, that is. And the approach being taken is the most effective one - make Microsoft, in its current incarnation, irrelevant. Shifting politics makes the courts unreliable. The open source movement and changing technology will do and are doing what the...
- Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Microsoft asking EC for more details on licensing fees
- Microsoft asking EC for more details on licensing feesIs 0.0% a permissible amountwhy even call it a fee if that number was granted? Just say the penalty applied is freely licensing.Talk about blowing smoke..."The Commission will review Microsoft's response and will ultimately make a formal decision on whether Microsoft...
- Tags: Sales force management, Microsoft Corp., Kroes
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- The EC and expropriation of Microsoft property
- The EC and expropriation of Microsoft propertyMicrosoft needs to understand what is happening.Microsoft needs to come to terms with the fact they can not appease the EC regardless of what they do or how hard they try. The EC as you noted is using their power and position to...
- Tags: Network technology, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., IP
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appeal
- Supreme Court won't hear Microsoft appealArgh ; same meal deal as UC BerkeleyNuisance law suits like those Microsoft continues to bring to the highest levels should get the legals that support them disbarred. Lets make certain those legals know what happened to their counter parts at HP. When things are...
- Tags: Neukom, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- Microsoft, Novell spar over Linux deal
- Microsoft, Novell spar over Linux dealMicrosoft, Novell spar over Linux dealNovell is just making up lies to protect what little they have left. If they did the smart thing by not choosing to go with linux or purchase Suse they wouldn't be in this mess in the first place....
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, patent, Unix
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- Vista, Office 2007 holiday coupons coming this week
- Vista, Office 2007 holiday coupons coming this weekAwesome!This is awsome! I want the latest coupon technology as soon as it's available. If there is a possibility of an embedded hologram or embossing, I am so there. There are so few great coupons out there and for those of us who...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, system builder program, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, OEM, coupon, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- US trustbusters to Europe: Apple DRM monopoly? What monopoly?
- In a story that still has my head spinning and me wondering whether I need to go on medication or something, US antitrust officials are apparently lobbying foreign officials on Apple's behalf. Reuter's Peter Kaplan reports:A top U.S. antitrust official on Wednesday urged foreign governments to think twice before interfering...
- Tags: monopolist, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-09-15
- Vista and antitrust confusion
- Vista and antitrust confusionex post facto crimeA monopoly doesn't exist until a market is defined. Judge Jackson defined the market, determined Microsoft was a monopolist, and convicted the company of abusing the monopoly it did not legally know it had.That has bothered me. I think a solution is...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, commission, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., media player, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2006-09-08
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