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Story: Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP

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Posted by: Matt (Monday 27 June 2005, 6:15 PM)

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Wisdom of the Bush administration? open source crazies? If I were you mate, I'd try never to switch on another PC for the rest of your life - especially in the future when everything runs on non-MS software.
In fact try not to go outdoors either.
OK - enough bickering - Smithy does actually highlight a point, although I'm not sure he knew he was doing so - the EU ruling in this instance is going to be largely ineffectual - PC manufacturers have been in MS's pocket for years now so it's no real surprise, however these early steps in making right an illegally gained and maintained monopoly still need to be taken.
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Story: Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP

  1. The incredible stupidity of the brain dead bureauc... Smithy
  2. Wisdom of the Bush administration? open sourc... Matt
  3. I suppose the EU's legal requirement tha... Chris Rankin
  4. Matt : "especially in the future when ev... Smithy
  5. 1998: I remember it well... That wa... Chris Rankin
  6. Matt: "Wisdom of the Bush administration? ope... smithy
  7. Microsoft is walking a narrow line here. As part... Mark Grosskopf
  8. Doesn't matter if Microsoft integrates something o... Arthur B.
  9. Chris Rankin :" suppose the EU's legal requirement... Smithy
  10. Chris Rankin : "1998: I remember it well... That... Smithy
  11. Chris Rankin : "This was precisely why the EU was... Smithy
  12. Arthur B : "Competition works. Competition inspire... Smithy
  13. Smithy: Microsoft must offer XP-N for sale in... Chris Rankin
  14. Microsoft's spokesperson said "Microsoft... Lupa
  15. Chris Rankin : "Wow, a spokesperson for... Smithy
  16. EU Drongocrats when will you pillocks learn? Stop... Andy Dale
  17. Hi, think Windows XP could be cut back further, Wi... Carol M Kemp
  18. "Carl M Kemp" or whatever : "Hi, think Windows XP... Smithy
  19. Lupa : "This is very interesting comment. If so, h... Smithy
  20. Chris Rankin, : "And yes, I.E. was included in Win... Smithy
  21. Chris Rankin : "And Smithy: For the record, the In... Smithy
  22. Smithy: Open Source is a development process... Chris Rankin
  23. Clearly there are lunatics everywhere...... Jonathan Webb
  24. Either Smithy is on a mission to wi... Paul Tansom
  25. Chris Rankin : "Now please calm down. You are rant... Smithy
  26. Chris Rankin : "Open Source is a development proce... Smithy
  27. Smithy, Microsoft started taking huge chunks out o... Arthur B.
  28. Paul Tansom : "open source nuts, a group that is f... Smithy
  29. Smithy, any idea how many Microsoft loving sales m... Arthur B.

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