Hi, > Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO
Actually, it only shows that this guy has no clue what he's talking about. The payment he mentions is the result of an anti-trust trial that Sun Microsystems initiated. Last time I looked, Sun and Microsoft where both US companies. He probably forgot that Microsoft paid much more on similar conflicts within the USA, like $750,000,000 to AOL Time Warner, $521,000,000 to Eolas Technologies, $1,500,000,000 to Sun, $775,000,000 to IBM, $761,000,000 to Real Networks, and so on... The reminder of the article deals with a thesis of a consultant group. It's the same as if the Gartner group suggests something to the US government. That suggestions has absolutely nothing to do with the fine that Microsoft, BTW, agreed to pay after several years trying to get around it. -- Christof _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
