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

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Nothing new. After the trial involving Microsoft started, they discovered that they needed to pay the "campaign contribution" tax to avoid further action. So, they did. Thus, in the year 2000 "election", after Dubya essentially got picked by our Supreme Court (he damned sure wasn't elected), Microsoft had learned and had contributed to both major parties, just in case. It worked; Dubya's pick to head the Dept. of "Justice", i. e. John Ashcroft, let Microsoft pretty much totally off the hook. Now, M$ is trying to buy European politicians.

This is, perhaps, one of the good things to come out of what is an unfortunate general anti-Americanism trend in Europe. It seems that Europeans, especially Europeans in government positions, fear Dubya and his willingness to strong-arm other countries. As an American, I naturally don't care for anti-Americanism anywhere, but since my country's government is supporting the likes of Microsoft, Bechtel, Halliburton, etc., I can understand it.

Europeans, write your MP's and lobby like the dickens. Don't let Microsoft, or their software-patent allies, prevail there as they have here.

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