____/ dapunka on Monday 17 September 2007 21:47 : \____
> On 17 Sep, 15:27, Ramon F Herrera <ra...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> EU court dismisses Microsoft appeal
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/17/news/international/microsoft_ruling/i...
>>
>> This is the New Europe -Land of Linus- as opposed to the Old USA.
>>
>> -Ramon
>
>
> When I read about this earlier today, I was truly shocked. I was so
> sure that Microsoft would have cunningly pirouetted away from under
> the judge's gavel - maybe allegedly aided by a financial inducement
> somewhere and a fan club of politicians somewhere else. But no -
> almost all of the 2004 decision was upheld. Including that
> accumulating fine! That's got to get 'em where it hurts!
It'll be more important (and interesting) to see the reaction of the States who
wish to extend oversight at this very crucial time (Microsoft's attempted
hijack of the Web, including replacement of (X)HTML with XAML, which is
Windows-only). Let's not forget OOXML, HD, and XPS. Why doesn't media cover
these hugely important issues?
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