__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 27 September 2006 09:53 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 25 September 2006 15:48 \__
>>
>>> On Monday 25 September 2006 15:28 Richard Rasker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, goodie! Another Microsoft sponsored Study! And boy oh boy, is it a
>>>> beauty: "The Economic Impact of Microsoft Windows Vista".
>>>>
>>>> Vista may be the Hummer among OS'es: guzzling inordinate amounts of
>>>> recources to offer nothing more substantial than a shiny new coat of
>>>> paint, but that's not the point. It's Good for the Economy - at least if
>>>> we may believe IDG:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000097
>>>>
>>>
>>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/c/1/bc15f052-f970-405f-b691-5d0052410b42/203326Euro.pdf
>>>>
>>>> Ah yes, a *hundred thousand* new jobs, and *forty billion euros* worth
>>>> of hardware, software and services changing hands - and all that in only
>>>> six countries, in the first year of its introduction. Marvellous!
>>>
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>> You do realise who this is particularly aimed at - and that she's already
>>> commented on it?:-)
>>
>> FWIW:
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| 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.
>> `----
>>
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/060919/microsoft_eu.html?.v=3
>>
>> She could be the next Judge Jackson.
>
> Oh, we know that there's a coordinated campaign. I predicted precisely
> this some weeks back (I claim no particular prescience, I think most
> observers would've been expecting it).
>
> What seems surprising is that the great unwashed journalistic mass don't
> seem to have realised how this works.
Yeah, like those businesses ('sock puppet' spoke(wo)men) which supposedly
whined that Vista's released will be delayed further due to the EU's
actions. Rest assured Microsoft will point the finger at Kroes and use that
as an excuse, as well as character assassination that renders the Commission
a toothless tiger without backing.
Best wishes,
Roy
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