Mark Kent wrote:
> John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:14:39 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> 7 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Micoshaft Destroyed in Norway
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.linpro.no/en/nyheter_og_events/2007/linpro_vant_frem_mot_microsoft
>>>> Micoshaft has been destroyed in Norway.
>>>> They can no longer license products in a way
>>>> that forces purchasers to pay for ALL pcs
>>>> at their premises even if they have Linux
>>>> and other operating systems.
>>>>
>>>> They can also no longer force purchase of
>>>> unwanted software through bundling.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is the victory needed as a template
>>>> to eliminate micoshaft forcing purchases of
>>>> unwanted bundled software in businesses, governments
>>>> and schools.
>>>>
>>>> This is also the victory needed as a template
>>>> to eliminate micoshaft forcing purchases of
>>>> unneeded licenses in businesses, governments
>>>> and schools.
>>>>
>>>> Its the end for Micoshaft Corporation.
>>>> Software sales justified and qualified with the
>>>> Norway sales template will now be on an
>>>> equal footing with Open Source priced alternatives.
>>> How as volume licensing of this nature ever legal in the first place. It's
>>> clearly anti-competitive. When will politicians in America have the same
>>> courage as these that you find in Scandinavia? And why am I forced to pay
>>> for an Office and Windows licence I have never used?
>> You would think that in the U.S. the tax payers would be up in
>> arms over the many billions of dollars they've paid Microsoft in
>> exchange for nothing.
>>
>
> Perhaps they would be if they knew. The media in the US is pretty much
> all owned by major business interests - the last thing they would do
> their is inform the public about such corruption...
>
help us poor, disabled, pensioner taxpayers out, and post your proof on
http://cagw.org and see our attempts, through 7 Bills in Congressional
sessions over several administrations, to make it fair. http://fairtax.org
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