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Story: FSF: Microsoft's attack on EC is 'outrageous'

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EU / EC grants require basic standards of ethics and law-abidance. MS is clearly still operating on the wrong side of the law and has not corrected the situation, thus the noise from Redmond against the EU.

Could this ongoing legal activity be used as a means from prohibiting use of Microsoft products in EU-funded projects and initiatives? The guidelines clearly prohibit participation by partners who are inviolation of EU law. Since MS is obviously still in violation of EU law, that precludes their products in the funding.

The question is how to overcome the psychological dependence on MS products, the decisions based on the admiriation of Bill's personal wealth (rather than technical merits), and the grip MS has on EU documents (by holding the keys to the files).

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