____/ [H]omer on Friday 11 January 2008 12:48 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>> | Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,
>> | declaring that the market is "our house"....
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>> | "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate,
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>> | because that is what they are intending to do."
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> I'm confused. Isn't capitalism supposed to be all about Free Market
> Enterprise? Am I mistaken, or did Microsoft just demand their right
> to operate a monopoly? I think there can be no doubt from the above
> quote; that Microsoft think, talk and behave exactly like gangsters.
Just look a few weeks back...
Domino: The Netherlands
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| It is hard to believe, but Heise reports that Microsoft was threatening the
| Dutch government to sue it before the European Court of Juctice which would
| be a competition case.
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-31230/domino:the-netherlands
Like a disgraceful abusive monopoly. Classic.
Going Dutch
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| There is some good humour in the announcement too - from the Redmond based
| owner of much of the world’s Intellectual Monopoly:
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| … he said the company [Microsoft] was worried about and opposed other
| aspects of the Dutch policy, especially the provision that agencies
| should prefer open source.
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| “We think it’s not in the best interest of the wider software market to
| single out one model for endorsement like this,” he said.
|
| HUH? What is the “wider software market” he is referring to? Oh, of course
| it’s theirs… What complete twaddle. Why can’t they just say ‘we don’t like it
| because we are going to lose business’. Or even better, make improved
| products that compete on a level playing field? Why spin their message with
| such meaningless drivel that it only exacerbates our bad opinion of them?
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http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/12/14/going-dutch/
That last sentence sez it all, don't it?
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