Story: Curbing Microsoft's naked ambition

Posted by: Zolar (Sunday 9 April 2006, 5:17 AM)

Recently, Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft to pursue a different direction.

He is trying to build a 'software as a service' company now. This means that you could get barebones computers, but have to purchase software at a monthly premium. This is a different approach to the EU's anti-monopoly laws. If there's no software on computers in Europe except to gain access to the internet, and Gates has the operating system located in the United States, which is not required to conform to European software laws, gates can continue as 'business as usual'.

I bought a retail license of XP Pro. I can put it on anything that I upgrade to. Microsoft doesn't like when I do constant upgrades, but tough for them. Nothing in the license agreement says I can't upgrade 10 times a day and get reactivated.

I still have an old Windows 98se computer as a stand by. No reactivation needed...

Gates has it out for the Chinese. In a way, I can't blame him. They purportedly pirate a significant portion of his software. But should he put the screws to the rest of the world?

Another of Gate's directions is to have an 'OFF' button for certain, if not all countries. A button he can press that shuts dows EVERY computer in that country, at HIS whim.

Europe will be the world's ONLY salvation from Power Mad Corporations, like Microsoft.