____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Monday 24 September 2007 15:36 : \____
> <Quote>
> Microsoft's resounding defeat in a European antitrust case establishes
> welcome principles that should be adopted in the United States as
> guideposts for the future development of the information economy.
>
> [Media Player story. MS should provide specs for interoperability,
> which will stimulate innovation.]
>
> Microsoft's near-monopoly can hurt consumers in two big ways: allowing
> the company to charge more for its software and potentially stifling
> innovation by rivals... Microsoft should not be allowed to use the
> bundling of its products to bury RealPlayer and other companies, just
> as it was convicted of doing to Netscape's Navigator.
>
> [OTOH, balance needed...don't want to stifle innovation by MS
> itself...effects of decision on Apple, Intel, others, with their own
> monopolies...EU now leading way on regulation, worldwide impact...]
>
> The scrutiny of regulators appears to have already produced some
> positive results. Responding to complaints by Google that it would use
> the search box in its new version of Internet Explorer to steer users
> toward the MSN search engine, Microsoft made it fairly easy for
> consumers to choose which search engine to use with the feature.
>
> [American regulators howl, but decision is healthy step.]
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/opinion/21fri4.html
>
> Well, there goes the a big chunk of the NYT's advertising budget.
Yes, I think she posted another one from WSJ (I grouped them together) to show
that the main journals that are usually very obedient to Microsoft actually
sidle with the EC.
How about that ACT soldier for Microsoft (Zuck) and the other spinners who were
quick to defame the EC. Have you seen all the articles where very scary mugs
of Kroes are used to make her seem like a monster?
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