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Story: Microsoft: Linux is anti-commercial
Posted by: Anonymous Sheepward (Monday 28 November 2005, 11:12 AM)
Well, Microsoft Inc have been a wee bit annoyed with the european regulators lately. Imagine, accusing them of unfair trade practises! Obviously the law must be wrong when it does not favor MS. Look at the multimedia player decision - MS must have been grinning with that decision because they can tell the customers "look, your governments are telling you we aren't allowed to give you this stuff". Sounds like the customers are losing out - but anyone with more than half a brain cell knows that if you let MS have its way, man will you be paying for their crappy media player in the future. They've driven so many competitors out of business with those tactics - and look - the same stinking trick still works 15 years later!
Anyway, not content with having laws to protect the consumers, MS is playing hard to control the legislators and make laws which favor themselves. If you think religions interfering with politics is bad, just imagine MS interfering with politics. You don't have to imagine too much - other large corporations do the same.
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Story: Microsoft: Linux is anti-commercial
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Microsoft is anti-competitive. Unfortunately, the... Clay Berlo -
Microsofts implementation of democracy:
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Any piece of software with genuine added-valu... Anonymous Coward ;-)
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Well, Microsoft Inc have been a wee bit... Anonymous Sheepward -
I wish Microsoft would just shut up... Anonymous
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Typical. Yet more underhanded dirty tricks from t... David F. Skoll
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But isn't the Vienna Conclusions document now, aft... Anonymous
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It is dirty tricks like these that sometimes make... Anonymous
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I think we might be giving MS too much credit... Matt Webber
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This is why F/OSS should never pull punches. Micro... Bob Robertson
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I'm so fed up with Microsoft's illegal practi... Anonymous
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Fear tactics: as long as Linux was a kitten, the a... Anonymous
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Whow - a new legal isuue has been born - anti... Anonymous
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Another reason to completely wipe MS products, suc... Anonymous
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OMG!! now this is bloody ridiculous,
someone... Anonymous
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So, Anti commercial means "is better value than my... Dave Howe
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'Greve criticised Lutz' comments as "Microsoft pro... bob robertson
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Microsoft is feeling the pinch. It brings out the... Anonymous
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IIf the UN is to be accepted as a reliable source... Norman Pybus
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"This is so obviously stupid and nonsensical that... Oldator
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So, not wanting to be ripped off is now considered... William Keeley
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In other words, they can't afford to speak honestl... pgn
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still trying to put the Linux and the opensou... the mooo
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"Anyone who wishes so should be free to share the... mad-man
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David, Clay, Georg etc: Do you use Micros**t produ... Neil Ashe
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Put your money where your mouths are. Quit using M... Neil Ashe
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What is democracy if a single commercially motivat... Arthur B.
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Neil Ashe:
I'm a Computer Technician -- I have no... Clay Berlo
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How can microsoft call open source a socialist mov... Anonymous
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