____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 18 July 2007 11:03 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> EU court to rule on Microsoft on Sept. 17
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Three years later, the Commission has repeatedly warned Microsoft that it
>>| has failed to comply with the 2004 decision because it supplied
>>| insufficient information.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6197070.html
>
> Microsoft will just drag it out as long as they can. This is what
> they've always done.
The US deferred it until 2012. What a joke.
>> Microsoft twists and turns over ODF
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Yep, Vole is claiming it is a poor struggling company being stomped on by
>>| these nasty open saucers who hold a monopoly and are trying to squeeze it
>>| out of the market. Microsoft knows a lot about playing monopoly and
>>| realises it is more than just getting a hotel on Park Lane that wins you
>>| the game. But you need to have some serious psychological projection
>>| problems to think that the ODF could kill off Vole's lucrative Office
>>| product.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41055
>
> It could almost be a spoof article!
I later saw the BetaNews article which refers to the Microsoft statement.
Microsoft actually did use the word "monopolise" (or "monopoly") in reference
to open source. They paint themselves as victims. Poor Microsoft... such small
market share in office suites, so you can understand their concern... *rolls
eyes*
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