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Europe is not America. A ruling in one land does not preclude rulings in others, especially when the questionable behavior was not corrected by the original ruling. If I commit a crime in America, and am brought to justice over it, that does not give me free license to commit crimes again and again just because one jurisdiction handed down punishment. People like you and John Carroll are just too laughable. You claim to love the capitalist system and yet balk over the existence of antitrust (whose purpose is to maintain capitalistic competition). Would you like to be paying 3,400 dollars each month for your electric bill? Well, that would be the nightmare scenario if antitrust didn't exist. But because it does, you get regulated electric service. Granted, like anything else, antitrust isn't perfect, and has not always made the best decisions. But M$ IS a monopoly and they have routinely utterly abused their monopolistic position. Let's be honest: if IE wasn't bolted to Windows virtually no one would be using IE. It is a bland aged dinosaur lacking in so many popular, very useful innovative features. Every lucky chap I have introduced to Mozilla Firefox winds up seeing the light and loving it. Once you get used to tabbed browsing and mouse gestures, you'll wonder how you ever surfed without it, and will dread using IE and having to crudely click the back button just to navigate.
Moreover, it is to pathetic that US politicians would be jumping into the fold. I'm sure Europe wan't thrilled with our steel tariffs, but that in no way stopped us from jamming that up their behinds. EVERYONE (well, anyone with a brain) knows that the DOJ case was for show, and did nothing to restore the industry. Money has eaten the soul of America, and all we have left is geeky tyrants (who obviously never got bopped in high school) breaking every law in creation, demanding that everyone use their copied/stolen/bought second rate, bug-ridden, collage "technology"..
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LOL  Arrg | 03/30/04
On a more serious note  Arrg | 03/30/04
nice job supporting america  V Sanders | 03/31/04
We're not  David Hamilton | 03/31/04
re: nice job supporting america  Jeremy Chappell | 03/31/04
For many of us, not hard to understand at all...  FederalistPaperBoy | 03/31/04
EU & MS  ccue | 03/31/04
It's just not that simple  maytag28 | 03/31/04
just how big do you think MS is?  ryusen | 03/31/04
how about supporting the law?  ryusen | 03/31/04
Not to mention....  NemesisNL | 03/31/04
Not to mention....  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
If you can't beat 'em...  StorageGuru | 03/31/04
Excellent analysis StorageMan  ebrown@... | 03/31/04
Double punishment..  d_jedi | 03/31/04
wrong...  ryusen | 03/31/04
tears of a clown  lotta_anger | 03/30/04
Most...  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/31/04
I'm thinking Monti boy had better pay attention.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/30/04
Try joining reality Bit  The Green Gremlin | 03/30/04
It'll never happen.  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/30/04
Forget plain Mozilla  The Green Gremlin | 03/30/04
Thanks.  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/31/04
not true....  JoeMama_z | 03/30/04
Well  The Green Gremlin | 03/30/04
Same here  voska | 03/31/04
rebuttal to not true...  SpikeyMike_z | 03/31/04
reality  richhayes | 03/30/04
sure  The Green Gremlin | 03/30/04
cost  richhayes | 03/31/04
Not True  voska | 03/31/04
Absolutely not!  d_jedi | 03/31/04
Canada  richhayes | 03/31/04
Another whining idiot  ryancurrie01@... | 03/31/04
Democracy...  Solorien | 04/01/04
yep...  ryusen | 03/31/04
other US companies started this case against MS in the EU  hipparchus | 03/31/04
US Companies  richhayes | 03/31/04
Guess they can just levy higher tariffs  FilledOut | 03/30/04
Microsoft's fans cry way too much in these forums!  B.O.F.H. | 03/30/04
Exactly  The Green Gremlin | 03/30/04
Microsoft's fans cry way too much in these forums!  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
Unlikely  StorageGuru | 03/31/04
Sadly this is all true  Jeremy Chappell | 03/31/04
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U bet!  Nullifidian | 03/31/04
Fanatics?  d_jedi | 03/31/04
Would you accept the term......  Rick_K | 03/31/04
So the US government is helping MS with their legal problems????  DonnieBoy | 03/30/04
Europe is not the USA  TWRX | 03/30/04
Europe is not the USA  d_jedi | 03/31/04
How about tobacco companies?  ghetyei | 03/30/04
You wil need to read the article again.  GraysonPeddie | 03/30/04
no kidding  V Sanders | 03/31/04
has only the US the right to tax the world?  ghetyei | 03/31/04
monopoly?  d_jedi | 03/31/04
Percentages, not choice  rapson | 03/31/04
Choice  d_jedi | 03/31/04
The difference is..  d_jedi | 03/31/04
The burden of proof...  FederalistPaperBoy | 03/30/04
i thought this was the USA  MikeHerIA60 | 03/31/04
Whining Hypocrites  jimk_z | 03/30/04
You hit the nail on the head.  keeper5678@... | 03/31/04
It isn't about MS  rg807 | 03/30/04
Microsoft is a multinational company  B.O.F.H. | 03/30/04
if i was the state department I would  V Sanders | 03/31/04
It isn't about MS  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
You are right and then wrong  ghetyei | 03/31/04
if...  ryusen | 03/31/04
re  jimk_z | 03/31/04
Fat, rich spoiked kid MS went to its momy...  michael-t | 03/30/04
What a fugging SICK joke for government !!!  realitycheck101 | 03/30/04
I agree  V Sanders | 03/31/04
It use to be graft  Hanover Phist | 03/31/04
gripes  richhayes | 03/31/04
Now where did i hear that MS losing everything  MikeHerIA60 | 03/30/04
You forgot or you pretend to.  systemcleaner | 03/30/04
You forgot or you pretend to.  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
Infinite money supply  rapson | 03/31/04
Kind of silly view  amicus_curious | 03/31/04
THANK YOU!  JCitizen | 04/01/04
Hey I never said MS was not guilty  MikeHerIA60 | 03/31/04
I said all along that the Republicans were Microsoft puppets.  systemcleaner | 03/30/04
I'm a Republican  JCitizen | 04/01/04
let's be fair...  ryusen | 04/01/04
Ms needs to stop telling the EU........  nite_w0lf | 03/30/04
About right  zd-spam | 03/30/04
About right  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
Effective remedy.  systemcleaner | 03/30/04
Now we know where Microsoft's slap on the wrist came from (NT)  George Jay | 03/30/04
Note: EU is not part of USA  David Hamilton | 03/31/04
Note: They can still voice their opinion  Michael Kelly | 03/31/04
note that this case was started by OTHER US companies  hipparchus | 03/31/04
Note: EU is not part of USA  seosamh_z | 03/31/04
Typical bull****  tero_t_vaananen@... | 03/31/04
Who says...  BitTwiddler | 03/31/04
Frist v EU  Update victim | 03/31/04
HIRC Unresponsive...  FederalistPaperBoy | 03/31/04
EU Sanctions  tslocum7 | 03/31/04
Response to Senator Bill Frist...  FederalistPaperBoy | 03/31/04
Attempted to send the above to Sen. Frist...  FederalistPaperBoy | 03/31/04
Earn his pay  MordorsMight | 03/31/04
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Microsoft "owns" USA Government  plandy@... | 03/31/04
I still say where is the proof  MikeHerIA60 | 03/31/04
I took a poll!  NT Admin | 03/31/04
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OIC  NT Admin | 03/31/04
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MIlly, MIlly, Milly  NT Admin | 03/31/04
Poll  richhayes | 03/31/04
No can objectively look at this  voska | 03/31/04
Questions about the poll:  Ardian Daka | 03/31/04
Answers  NT Admin | 03/31/04
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I am not offended...  Confused by religion | 03/31/04
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About Time  samp_z | 03/31/04
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Too hard to keep up  amicus_curious | 03/31/04
competitive??  ccue | 03/31/04
great comedy  ryusen | 03/31/04
Ah, isn't that cute  Chad_z | 03/31/04
Who's cute ...  Ardian Daka | 03/31/04
Intelligent Comments  I know everything | 03/31/04
Made in China  I know everything | 03/31/04
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US government has no right  Rick_K | 03/31/04
re : US government has no right  V Sanders | 03/31/04
Wrong  Rick_K | 03/31/04
Focus on Harm  Burnsie001 | 03/31/04
US should stay in it's own yard  anables | 03/31/04
What?  vaily | 03/31/04
How much do you wantto bet  MikeHerIA60 | 03/31/04
Protectionism  JCitizen | 04/01/04
Reality... what a concept  MacCanuck | 04/01/04
Microsoft crying home to daddy US President  Pete Burrows | 04/03/04
Boycott Microsoft!  Pete Burrows | 04/03/04
An element of unreality!  jezter~ | 04/06/04
Its all Politics  SuperSean | 04/22/04

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