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Susan
I'm going to make this very brief because I doubt I will be back to see what
comments others might add. I'm only posting it here too because CNN no longer
supports news comments groups.
"Microsoft fails to settle antitrust case in Europe". This is good news and I
am proud that the EU has had the courage to say "no" to M$ who would rather
change the whole meaning of what an operating system is--unlike our Department
of Justice selling out to M$ in the U.S. antitrust case. Thanks to the EU we
might one day be able to buy a bare bones XP to which we can add what we need:
Registry, DirectX, a Media Player or Players, a word processor without Office,
Internet Explorer and Netscape treated as equals, our favorite email, etc. etc.
The easiest thing M$ could do is offset all of this trouble is the one thing
they have never done...offer different flavors of XP, but so far they only want
to sell it up one way--their way--offering us _no choice_.
It will be very interesting to follow this...to see how M$ tries to "butter-up"
the EU to leave them alone.
I guess I still dislike Bill Gates--I have ever since I watched him lie to
Congress about how Windows would be crippled if Internet Explorer was removed.
This is the mark of a business man who does not earn my respect now regardless
of what other good he does in the world.
Susan
comments others might add. I'm only posting it here too because CNN no longer
supports news comments groups.
"Microsoft fails to settle antitrust case in Europe". This is good news and I
am proud that the EU has had the courage to say "no" to M$ who would rather
change the whole meaning of what an operating system is--unlike our Department
of Justice selling out to M$ in the U.S. antitrust case. Thanks to the EU we
might one day be able to buy a bare bones XP to which we can add what we need:
Registry, DirectX, a Media Player or Players, a word processor without Office,
Internet Explorer and Netscape treated as equals, our favorite email, etc. etc.
The easiest thing M$ could do is offset all of this trouble is the one thing
they have never done...offer different flavors of XP, but so far they only want
to sell it up one way--their way--offering us _no choice_.
It will be very interesting to follow this...to see how M$ tries to "butter-up"
the EU to leave them alone.
I guess I still dislike Bill Gates--I have ever since I watched him lie to
Congress about how Windows would be crippled if Internet Explorer was removed.
This is the mark of a business man who does not earn my respect now regardless
of what other good he does in the world.
Susan
