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At last some common sense...
This was a fine decision from the EU. My rep and I called each other as soon as we had heard. I had put my European office MCSE's on high alert in case the order was not lifted. We were prepared to fight this directly as we have integrated Media Player into all of our .NET applications. Removing this from Windows would have been illegal and immoral. My rep provided me with unbiased figures from Microsoft that show worldwide productivity would have dropped 45.67% and the US economy would have indirectly felt a recessionary affect of 7.21% of GNP. The integration is so important, words cannot ilustrate it.
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Microsoft bigger than European States  Nigel Johnstone | 06/27/04
The User Agreement Stinks  ParadigmOdyssey | 06/27/04
Pitpropping  pj-xmesh | 06/27/04
EU may struggle on this one  Fred Fredrickson | 06/27/04
Microsoft would have fought that "tooth and nail" also...  Plain Logic | 06/27/04
Of course  Fred Fredrickson | 06/27/04
its all about the APIs ... how can a real OS keep 'em secret?  oldskool | 06/27/04
You mean like UNIX, AIX, Solaris, etc????  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
Yes, likely he does  IT_User | 06/29/04
mandates  seosamh_z | 06/28/04
But, Why....  hal9000mx | 06/28/04
Not at all...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
But how...  seosamh_z | 06/28/04
i think  eLurker | 06/28/04
I think you've missed mine  seosamh_z | 06/28/04
It's so simple  Rick_K | 06/28/04
download them?  samp_z | 06/28/04
Government Regulation Better Than Free Markets?  P. Douglas | 06/28/04
Spot on post!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
You Are Correct  P. Douglas | 06/28/04
Proof Money can buy just about anything...  realitycheck101 | 06/27/04
A sad day for justice, indeed (NT)  Brasonte | 06/28/04
Not at all  IT_User | 06/28/04
Why's that? (NT)  seosamh_z | 06/28/04
US is losing...  hal9000mx | 06/28/04
uh ... just to be clear  eLurker | 06/28/04
At last some common sense...  Mike Cox | 06/27/04
8.6 - "unbiased figures from Microsoft" is a classic  Plain Logic | 06/27/04
8.2 "words cannot ilustrate it"- Nor can they scape the walls from the BS..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/27/04
8.8  el1jones | 06/28/04
MS must use a different definition of choice;-)  Richard Flude | 06/27/04
MS Double-speak  Fred Fredrickson | 06/27/04
Or you do  seosamh_z | 06/28/04
MICROSOFT MUST BE CRUSHED  Jeff Spicoli | 06/27/04
Your opinion is just that - "spicioli"  Ardian Daka | 06/28/04
Good, so when Linux wipes out MS desktop monopoly...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/27/04
hA hA Ha Ha hA hA  PmAc_z | 06/28/04
Comedy? Don't give up your day job.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
The court's in session...  amicus_curious | 06/28/04
Not much news, but what's Monti doing?  Anton Philidor | 06/28/04
Umm, trying to save face?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
Chicken Little Scenario...  MacCanuck | 06/28/04
OR, the EU commision is just plain wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
Please clarify Bit/No Axe...  MacCanuck | 06/28/04
The EU will be crushed  FilledOut | 06/28/04
And in other news....  B.O.F.H. | 06/28/04
Ah, so there is competition and the EU commision needs to drop it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
I like your thinking!  B.O.F.H. | 06/28/04
Sheesh  rapson | 06/28/04

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