____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 02 October 2007 09:52 : \____
> Attila <jdkaye10@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Guilty in the US, Just as in Europe
>> http://www.counterpunch.org/adler10012007.html
>
> I think that the US DOJ is seeing the EU decision as a direct criticism
> of their own miserable failure to act with respect to Microsoft. Whilst
> the ruling is very much about Microsoft in the EU, it's true to say that
> it reflects appallingly badly on the US government in so much as they
> have failed to deal with "their own" problems effectively, indeed,
> failed to address them at all.
>
> It is well understood that free markets result in monopolies if left to
> their own devices, indeed, economies of scale essentially demand that
> this be the most likely outcome. A related issue results in the
> formation of "natural monopolies", of course.
>
> The DOJ in the US Government is, therefore, under considerable pressure
> to justify its own failure, and the humiliation for the US in having a
> foreign power (EU) deal with its problems for it. For a country which
> likes to believe that it is in charge of everthing and generally
> top-dog, this must be particularly galling to those who care about such
> things.
>
> I wonder how long before these proud, if misguided, folk insist on
> changes at the DOJ?
It was widely predicated that the decision in Europe would play a role in the
US as well, particularly at times when States lobby for extension of the
overseas. Moreover, other countries (Japan and Korea spring to mind
immediately) may use the decision from Kroes and her Commission as precedence
in court.
Microsoft is hurt, and not only in Europe. Therein lies the real impact of this
decision, which explains why Microsoft resorted to breaking litigious ethics
and using US Feds as tools.
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