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I would not say that "But the timing is amusing"
but rather more towards "not unexpected", (and actually quite logical).

It is about time. If every other competitor of Microsoft is going to run crying "Anti-Trust" to the EU every other week their products are not used, why not take advantage of the same EU commision as your competitors are?
Posted by: GuidingLight   Posted on: 01/21/09  (Edited: 01/21/2009 @ 07:18) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I would not say that "But the timing is amusing"  GuidingLight | 01/21/09
RE: ... "timing ... amusing"  n0neXn0ne | 01/21/09
I realize you do not understand  GuidingLight | 01/21/09
RE: ... overstand  n0neXn0ne | 01/21/09
The EC wants a command economy  Anton Philidor | 01/21/09
You meant 'The M$ wants a command economy'  Linux Geek | 01/21/09
Or 11th commandment  Alan Smithie | 01/21/09
Just competition on the merits, nothing more. Everything that the EU has  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
If Microsoft wins "on the merits", change the product.  Anton Philidor | 01/21/09
The EC made a big mistake on the version without media player. Hopefully  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
That is not what they asked  GuidingLight | 01/21/09
Merit alone is not enough to win, that's the reason we need regulation  InAction Man | 01/21/09
On the other hand, if MS gets no advantage from being bundled with the  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
School Yard Bullies  Alan Smithie | 01/21/09
We welcome the EU's efforts to ensure competition on the merits and limit  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
Then all Linux distros should be forced  GuidingLight | 01/21/09
If you don't like any of the existing Linux distros make your own  InAction Man | 01/21/09
Where have you been?  TripleII | 01/21/09
They don't understand...  storm14k | 01/21/09
This has never been true, ever  NonZealot | 01/21/09
The issue is that MS does not allow you to uninstall the browser from  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
However...  zkiwi | 01/21/09
Actually, there is no forced bundling. Any company can offer up any  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
We welcome the EU's efforts to ensure competition on the merits and limit  SamYeager | 01/21/09
Bozo  InAction Man | 01/21/09
If IE is the best browser and people will download it, Microsoft has  DonnieBoy | 01/21/09
Oh my, a *BLOGGER* said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/21/09
RE: Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?  deaf_e_kate | 01/21/09
Simply leverage over IBM  TripleII | 01/21/09
About 40 years ago,  Henrik Moller | 01/21/09
That was the US Department of Justice ...  Anton Philidor | 01/21/09
MS payback for its on antitrust for friends of court  Boot_Agnostic | 01/21/09
a blogger  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/21/09
Why are you wasting your time responding to Axey?  Henrik Moller | 01/21/09
NoAx, aka NoFacts! (NT)  SpikeyMike | 01/21/09
Usual underhand MS way of doing things  Alan Smithie | 01/21/09
This is predictable behavior  softwareFlunky | 01/21/09
EC: MS should cripple its products so loser companies can get an upperhand.  transposeIT | 01/21/09

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