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

Travis Newbury <TravisNewbury@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Feb 28, 12:45 am, cwdjrxyz <spamtr...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Microsoft was just fined US$ 1.35 billion by the European antitrust
regulator. View the story at the NY Times athttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/technology/28soft.html, but simple
free registration may be required. Microsoft has now been required to
pay over 2.3 billion total as a result of this fight.

That is because the UE is useless bureaucracy at best and what better
way to get money than to use the courts to steal it from a successful
American company.

I do not expect an antitrust ruling to be made in the US soon, as the
current federal adminstration is quite big-business friendly.

No, they are free enterprise friendly. there is a difference.

However,
after the elections, all bets are off. In the past Microsoft was
nearly required to break up a few years ago, but they were able to
avoid this.

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.
Here is a rather more objective comparison of the United States
economy compared to the European "socialists". It dates from 20
January 2001 till yesterday so that you can see where the currency of
the current "free enterprise friendly" administration is heading.
<http://tinyurl.com/ynpeua>.
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