Justice Department Cites Linux As Example of Successful Antitrust Enforcement
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/11543/justice-department-cites-linux-example-successful-antitrust-enforcement
Dear Microsoft: "We're not your slaves"
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9769595-16.html
Watch this communist (like Microsoft) from OSNews:
Competition Is Not Good
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18538/Competition-Is-Not-Good/
He started a flamewars (rightly so).
States seek more oversight of Microsoft
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| A group of states led by California said in a court filing Thursday that
| ending oversight of Microsoft's business practices in November would not
| allow enough time to consider the antitrust implications of Windows Vista.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust_2
And because Microsoft has insiders in the DoJ (see links below), it gets away.
Microsoft-Google Showdown Heats Up as Court Rule Ends
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| Once the decree expires, Microsoft's changes to Windows won't be supervised
| by a committee of technical experts getting complaints and advice from
| rivals.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aWEYDprx4_CE&refer=news
Criminal on the loose again. Amid all that OOXML fraud, this is amazing! The EU
also received complaints about Vista as a hijacking tool. The US Government is
now a toothless clawless tiger.
Related:
Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.
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| Nearly a decade after the government began its landmark effort to break
| up Microsoft, the Bush administration has sharply changed course by
| repeatedly defending the company both in the United States and abroad
| against accusations of anticompetitive conduct, including the recent
| rejection of a complaint by Google.
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| [...]
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| In the most striking recent example of the policy shift, the top
| antitrust official at the Justice Department last month urged state
| prosecutors to reject a confidential antitrust complaint filed by
| Google that is tied to a consent decree that monitors Microsoft's
| behavior. Google has accused Microsoft of designing its latest
| operating system, Vista, to discourage the use of Google's desktop
| search program, lawyers involved in the case said.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/business/10microsoft.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
US politicians go to bat for Microsoft
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
Politicians in Microsoft's Pocket
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| Continuing on the theme of which politicians are receiving money from
| who. Here is a list of candidates who took money from MSFT.
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http://www.fonz.net/blog/archives/2007/06/04/politicians-in-microsofts-pocket/
Politics and tech companies: follow the money
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| Microsoft took first place with $651,100 given out, while
| Hewlett-Packard gave only $185,550, and Gateway gave a paltry
| $2,000. Microsoft's donations certainly illustrate well the true
| size of the company and the extent of its political concerns.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110-8194.html
Feds seek formal extension of Microsoft antitrust deal
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| The U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft on Wednesday filed a
| formal application for a two-year extension of portions of their
| landmark antitrust settlement, with the possibility of stretching it
| until 2012.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6111240.html
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