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Story: Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
Posted by: Smithy (Monday 27 June 2005, 11:51 PM)
Arthur B : "Competition works. Competition inspires. "
I agree.
But then there will always be competition in the software industry.
When Klinton and his boys started their anti-trust action against Microsoft, after having taken hefty campaign money from Microsoft's enemies like Oracle, Sun and Real Networks, Linux was nowhere to b found.
Within a very short time, Linux came from nowhere and captured a substantial part of the Intel server market, all without any government intervention.
The Bush Administration did NOT force PC makers to put Linux on their severs, nor did they force Microsoft to take out WMP nor did they dictate what should and shouldn't go into software design like the EU is doing.
But that didn't prevent Linux servers and Firefox from grabbing a very nice slice of the market for themselves.
Maybe the EU should be looking to President Bush's DOJ for wisdom.
The EU sure comes up with some dumb ideas.
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Story: Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
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The incredible stupidity of the brain dead bureauc... Smithy -
Wisdom of the Bush administration? open sourc... Matt -
I suppose the EU's legal requirement tha... Chris Rankin -
Matt : "especially in the future when ev... Smithy
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1998: I remember it well...
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Matt: "Wisdom of the Bush administration? ope... smithy
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Microsoft is walking a narrow line here. As part... Mark Grosskopf
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Doesn't matter if Microsoft integrates something o... Arthur B.
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Chris Rankin :" suppose the EU's legal requirement... Smithy
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Chris Rankin : "1998: I remember it well...
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Chris Rankin : "This was precisely why the EU was... Smithy
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Arthur B : "Competition works. Competition inspire... Smithy -
Smithy: Microsoft must offer XP-N for sale in... Chris Rankin
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Microsoft's spokesperson said "Microsoft... Lupa
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Chris Rankin : "Wow, a spokesperson for... Smithy
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EU Drongocrats when will you pillocks learn? Stop... Andy Dale
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Hi, think Windows XP could be cut back further, Wi... Carol M Kemp
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"Carl M Kemp" or whatever : "Hi, think Windows XP... Smithy
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Lupa : "This is very interesting comment. If so, h... Smithy
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Chris Rankin, : "And yes, I.E. was included in Win... Smithy
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Chris Rankin : "And Smithy: For the record, the In... Smithy
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Smithy: Open Source is a development process... Chris Rankin
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Clearly there are lunatics everywhere...... Jonathan Webb
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Either Smithy is on a mission to wi... Paul Tansom
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Chris Rankin : "Now please calm down. You are rant... Smithy
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Chris Rankin : "Open Source is a development proce... Smithy
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Smithy, Microsoft started taking huge chunks out o... Arthur B.
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Paul Tansom : "open source nuts, a group that is f... Smithy
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Smithy, any idea how many Microsoft loving sales m... Arthur B.
