On 12/19/2010 11:34 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote:
We've established pretty definitively that the EU does not appear to
cave into US political pressure.
The Oracle <-> Sun case was generally agreed to be a no-problems deal.
This is the part that confuses the heck out of me: Why are you jumping
on the OracleSun takeover as proof that the EU can NOT influence US
companies? They came to the right conclusion. As I said, the EU is not
a bond villain; their motives weren't to end up stroking their cat,
raising their pinky, emitting an evil laugh, and crooning: We showed
them yanks! muhahahahahah!
*IF* The EU decides they want to stop google or some other company
from trampling on the privacy rights of EU citizens, I doubt the US
political machine can stop them from doing it. Will it happen? I have
no idea. Probably not, there's not much outrage from what I can tell
in the EU about this.
I'm not saying that the EU can't influence US companies. I'm just saying
that in the Oracle/Sun case they just wasted time.
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