Photos: Prince of Belgium visits Microsoft
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| As home to the European Commission, Belgium has primarily been linked to
| Microsoft through the various antitrust investigations into the company's
| business practices. There was no direct mention of those issues in the public
| remarks by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer after he met with Prince Philippe and
| Belgian officials. Speaking to a large group of Belgian media, Ballmer said
| they discussed the tech industry in Belgium and the possibility of "extended
| collaboration" between Microsoft and Belgian companies, in areas including
| health-care technology. Ballmer cited the possibility of a follow-up
| discussion when he visits Brussels in April.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/133932.asp?source=rss
Related:
Gates blackmailed Danish government
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| Microsoft boss Bill Gates threatened to kill 800 Danish jobs if
| Denmark opposed the European Computer Implemented Inventions
| Directive, reports today's Danish financial daily Børsen,
| quoted by NoSoftwarePatents.com.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/02162005a.php
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| [French President] Sarkozy and his family have been vacationing at
| a lakefront estate in Wolfeboro owned by former Microsoft Corp. executive
| Michael Appe.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20137506/
Microsoft's piracy fight gains momentum in China
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| In his first official visit to the United States in 2006, China President Hu
| Jintao arrived for dinner at Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) Chairman
| Bill Gates' house with a gift for the host.
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| Shortly before Hu's Seattle visit, the Chinese government had issued a decree
| requiring all personal computers manufactured in China to come with a
| licensed operating system before leaving the factory gates.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN2127797020071221
McCain comes out against Net Neutrality; Says would hire Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer
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| In another move that was sure to infuriate many geeks, the 70 year
| old presidential hopeful also said that he would ask Microsoft CEO
| Steve Ballmer to serve on his cabinet to deal with technology issues
| if elected. He did not however say what position Ballmer might be
| hired in, but did joke that he might consider him for a diplomatic
| position, such as ambassador to China.
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http://www.thedailybackground.com/2007/05/30/mccain-comes-out-against-net-neutrality-says-would-hire-microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer/
Treachery In The Trenches
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| I believe that most people do not grasp the immense entity of Microsoft.
| This is an organization and a man who commands the attention and bidding
| of world leaders. On a recent trip to America, the President of China
| spent his first evening in the United States, not with our President,
| but Bill Gates. He was the guest of the Gates mansion that first
| evening and the guest of honor for a dinner attended by over one
| hundred people. Why? To ask him to crack down on Software piracy
| and to insure that his computer manufacturers put Microsoft Windows
| on thier newly made machines instead of shipping them with no OS. He
| didn't see the President of the United States for over 36 hours...he
| spent that time with Bill Gates at his home and at the Redmond
| Campus.
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/88-Treachery-In-The-Trenches.html
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