OT: Re: Microsoft just fined US$ 1.35 billion by European antitrust regulator

"Travis Newbury" <TravisNewbury@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Feb 28, 12:45 am, cwdjrxyz <spamtr...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yea, lets break up a successful company.... Governments (especially
socialist leaning ones like many found in Europe) can only screw up
business. (check out how well socialism and government control is
working for France...) When governments try to make things "fair"
they tend to *** something up. So how's that class envy, and
redistribution of wealth working out for you?

Whine, moan, and complain about how it's "not fair". Nothing but a
bunch of lazy piss ants. Let sue, lets take them to court. Dumb
fucking liberals. Get off your asses and try to better yourself
rather than bring the successful down to your level.

There, I feel better now.



It *is* ridiculous that they should be fined like that. Much as I hate
their guts I don't think they've done enough to deserve it in this
instance - the fine was actually levied because they were charging too much
to companies for trust information, even though the EU never set a price in
their previous ruling beyond the fairly nebulus 'fair and reasonable'. That
said, if you want to play in market, you have to abide by the market's
rules. If you don't like it, you're free to sell your wares elsewhere -
how's them free market policies for ya?

Where the EU *should* be getting antsy with American software companies is
the likes of Adobe. The scum charge £1600 for Design Premium here in the
yUK; $1800 in the US, i.e. almost half the price. Even if you download it.
They offer the most ridiculously specious excuses for the difference, but
the truth is they're simply abusing what is a de facto monopoly - if you're
a design professional there are simply no viable alternatives to Flash and
Photoshop.

And what is your problem with France? Their socialism and supposed
government control (they're actually a lot more free than US citizens in
Bush's climate of fear) leaves them with the 6th largest economy in the
world. Or are you just down on them cos they didn't kow tow to your immoral
oil hunt like our lily-livered leaders did?

And stop using the word liberal as a pejorative. Liberalism is about
fairness and freedom - two of the things your founding fathers were quite
keen on.

+mrcakey


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