____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 06 September 2007 06:46 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 05 September 2007 15:29 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 05 September 2007 10:11 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 04 September 2007 19:07 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>>>> ____/ [H]omer on Thursday 23 August 2007 03:35 : \____
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>>>>>>> Will The EU Microsoft Antitrust Decision Be Split?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Full article here:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/19/business/msft20.php
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Executive summary: Microsoft may get to keep bundling, but lose
>>>>>>>>> protocol monopoly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So why did Germany vote as it did on OOXML? Watch the lobbying. I
>>>>>>>> blogged about it in BN.com. Corruption and phonecalls...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm sure that the transatlantic phone lines are running very very hot
>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>> the moment. I wonder how much money has moved already?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Noney, favours, protection... whatever...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Microsoft has already admitted bribing partners in Sweden in order to
>>>>>> buy vote.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Microsoft. Bribery. Admission. Write it down.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So where did they admit to this?
>>>>
>>>> Groklaw showed the letter that they sent to Swedish partner. I believe
>>>> that one of their MSDN blogs could not deny this (Microsoft employees), so
>>>> the press reported this as it is -- "bribery".
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ahh, really caught with their trousers down, then.
>>
>> Yes, and no punishment. I am still waiting to see Robbie Bach jailed for
>> stealing $6 million from investors.
>>
>> The law is blind. And yet they give people parking tickets...
>>
>
> Ah, that's quite different - this is one way in which local councils
> raise revenue. Basically, they're just another tax.
Tell 'em that Robbie probably has his bank account in Ireland, so they won't be
seeing that loot of his.
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