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The fundemental question is, may a monopoly
still improve it's product offerings. Or to put it another way, by virtue of holding a near monopoly position is Microsoft no longer allowed to design competitive products at all?

From what I can see of this situation not only does the EU want to cry about imagined past issues (how XP sans Media Player selling?) they literaly want to tell programers how to write code and build products. How those products must work. Who is allowed to build the products and who is not. And in what form those bits must appear.

Or if you think about it, what they really want is to keep Microsoft from building a more secure OS at the expense of all users everywhere.

No, this has gone far to far and the EC must be brought back into line even if that requires US governmental action in the way of trade restrictions or other financial pressure.

The EC can NOT be allowed to dictate how coders build code and it doesn't matter who they work for...
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Start preparing your case now  Richard Flude | 09/28/06
Well President Bush wanted a New World Order .  Intellihence | 09/28/06
Sell only XP to Europe!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/28/06
Hmm...  OwningXylophone | 09/28/06
The EC is whining.. Take away their reason to whine.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/28/06
Must be touch being such a little guy.  B.O.F.H. | 09/28/06
That would  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Don't know about that one  John L. Ries | 09/28/06
Withdrawing from a market  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Avast mateys!  Media-Ted@... | 09/30/06
Funny...  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 09/28/06
It would seem as Symantec, Mcafee , Sophos, and other security companies  Intellihence | 09/28/06
The Power of Free Choice  OwningXylophone | 09/28/06
And the day...  Spikey_Mike | 09/28/06
MS forget about security applications  Boot_Agnostic | 09/28/06
Reviewing the situation  Anton Philidor | 09/28/06
It is much more simple than that...  Spikey_Mike | 09/28/06
But not that simple.  Anton Philidor | 09/28/06
Your wording is incorrect  Spikey_Mike | 09/29/06
I think you mean behavior(?).  Anton Philidor | 09/29/06
What hasn't happened yet?  Media-Ted@... | 09/30/06
A flaw in your plan  OwningXylophone | 09/28/06
Really?  Linux User 147560 | 09/28/06
Touche!  OwningXylophone | 09/28/06
There are a total of 20 known viruses  Linux User 147560 | 09/28/06
Wow! Thank you!  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 09/28/06
re: There are a total of 20 known viruses  Badgered | 09/29/06
Well I do have an answer, and it's only a theory as to why...  Linux User 147560 | 09/29/06
well...  Badgered | 09/29/06
Like I said it's only a theory, but plausible.  Linux User 147560 | 09/29/06
This numbers game is most interesting.  Media-Ted@... | 09/30/06
do your math right  DemonX | 09/28/06
I did!  OwningXylophone | 09/28/06
Double really?  tic swayback | 09/28/06
Think before you speak fool  OwningXylophone | 09/28/06
Here is one  the_seb | 09/29/06
The fundemental question is, may a monopoly  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/28/06
Well...  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Good grief!!  Mad Dan | 09/28/06
What really scares me ...  Media-Ted@... | 09/30/06
Monopolies are bound by different rules.  B.O.F.H. | 09/28/06
The fundamental question for you is this:  itanalyst | 09/28/06
The answer to you question is yes, but....  maldain | 09/28/06
No_ Ax-you know this. MS is integrating this product  jjon2121 | 09/28/06
It's just amazing ...  Media-Ted@... | 09/30/06
If what everybody says is true  Qbt | 09/28/06
And  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Curious to know what your suggestion is  Qbt | 09/28/06
You're avoiding the issue  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Did ANYBODY actually read the article. Fair access is the issue.  presleye69@... | 09/28/06
Half and Half  BFD | 09/28/06
Agreed  Boot_Agnostic | 09/28/06
And...  zkiwi | 09/28/06
office 2003  way_z | 09/28/06
European rivals turn wary eye on Microsoft  Loverock Davidson | 09/28/06
Um, no  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Security should not be an issue in any OS  way_z | 09/28/06
More than abuse  John L. Ries | 09/28/06
McAfee, Symantec and others get revenue  Boot_Agnostic | 09/28/06
Nevertheless...  John L. Ries | 09/28/06
Hey, here's an idea  Qbt | 09/28/06
Read my reply to Boot_Agnostic  John L. Ries | 09/28/06
Any effort to...  Spikey_Mike | 09/28/06
Not so clear  John L. Ries | 09/28/06
Agree 100%  Spikey_Mike | 09/29/06
Here's a clue  zkiwi | 09/28/06
and THAT...  Spikey_Mike | 09/28/06
To add...  zkiwi | 09/28/06
Another thought about this.....  crash89 | 09/28/06
DOUBLE PROTECTION  majoritywhip | 09/28/06
Here's how they guage the threat from MS  Omch'Ar | 09/28/06
SOLUTION TO SYMANTEC WOES  zzz1234567890 | 09/28/06
It'd be funny if Symantec faced a market/govt  Boot_Agnostic | 09/29/06
What good would that do...  zkiwi | 09/29/06
What are they complaining about?  Mikael_z | 09/29/06
to no axe one word sovernity  Quebec-french | 09/29/06
Windows software  rsars | 09/29/06
Microsoft infringement on anti-virus parasites?  christopher94523 | 10/03/06
Dump the Microsoft carcass and its "anti-virus" parasites  christopher94523 | 10/03/06

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