__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Monday 16 October 2006 02:32 \__
>
> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>> "The Commission has not given a "green light" to Microsoft to deliver
>> Vista because, as the Commission has consistently stated, Microsoft must
>> shoulder its own responsibilities to ensure that Vista is fully compliant
>> with EC Treaty competition rules"
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/yyzsqm
>>
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/377&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
>
> Looks like Microsoft's worst nightmere has come true. They are finally
> subject to the laws and power of a regulatory agency.
>
> If the EU blocks Vista completely, it could reduce demand in the USA.
> It could also prompt new regulatory actions in the USA. After all, if
> the EU can bring Microsoft to heel, what's wrong with our politicians
> that they can't bring Microsoft into compliance with state, federal,
> and international laws? Politicians might be suspected of being bribed
> by Microsoft.
>
> Sure, Microsoft wouldn't be so stupid as to just simply slip cash under
> the table. They would donate to a favorite charity (a front for a
> political action group?). They would fund extravagant projects or
> contribute to pet projects in the appropriate districts (when a pet
> project, such as a theater, sports complex, convention center, or
> museum is well funded, it's a huge vote getter.
A company manipulating politicians? Say it ain't so...
Leaked letter warns of open source 'threat to eco-system'
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| leaked letter to the European Commission has revealed the extent of
| lobbying by proprietary software groups to prevent the widespread
| adoption of open-source software.
|
| Sent in response to a recent report on the role of open-source
| software in the European economy, Microsoft-funded pressure
| group, the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) warned of
| potentially dire effects if too much encouragement was given
| to open source software development.
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http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7109
EU official joins consultancy serving Microsoft
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| A European Commission official originally chosen to lead its antitrust
| case against Microsoft left on Friday last week to work for a
| consultancy that has the software firm as a client, a spokesman said.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-10-03T134311Z_01_L03693228_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-OFFICIAL.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
http://tinyurl.com/h47g3
US ambassador to the EU was former Microsoft lobbyist
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| Before C. Boyden Gray was named as George Bush's number one person in
| Europe, he was a lawyer lobbying on behalf of Microsoft.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34706
US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
EU's Kroes denies vendetta against Microsoft
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| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes on Tuesday
| rejected an accusation she was pursuing a vendetta against U.S.
| software giant Microsoft Corp. and suspected a "coordinated
| campaign" to discredit her agency.
|
| [...]
|
| Kroes was responding to a letter published by the newspaper
| from a Microsoft business partner who accused the EU Commission
| of "playing games" with Microsoft by raising concerns over its
| Vista operating system that could delay its launch in Europe.
|
| "There appears to be a coordinated campaign to portray the
| Commission in a negative light," she said...
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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/060919/microsoft_eu.html?.v=3
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