wouldn't it be interesting to see the NZ commerce commisions reaction to the article.
Okay it's US based but they have an office in NZ and that office has to do as the World head office says (until the head office say's don't or we'll be caught doing a SCO). So the rumblings from the US potentially affects us here in NZ. Ergo potential business and consumer problems here in NZ and anti-competitive issues arise. Right okay so we'd have months of commerce commission wring it's hands because some smart arse raised a prickly issue with them (think Boardband here and how toothless and clawless they were on that - okay govt didn't want telecon to lose too much profit). We'd (who ever raised the issue) probably get hammered by comm comm for annoying them and putting 'em in a pile of s**t and or have a big stick waved as a way of keeping things quite and gagging the person/company from reveling anything specific. But and a big but if MS was forced by comm comm to show it's hand on the Violations in court then the rest of the world could hammer MS based on the declared violations here. So one person "dies" for the common good :) upshot Don't pick me!!! but it'd be good to stick it to MS over this issue. and the FAME the FAME.... Global celeb over night. Movie rights (dam RMS would probably claim 'em i want mel brookes to be Steve B.). Chat show offers speaking engagements a chin wag with Paul Homes (so i can't spell what's new). a chin wag with 60 minutes oh and PCuser oh and computerworld list could be endless. but what after the 60 seconds of fame.... dave.
