This is typical of the EU! They want their unelected body to control everything (and, Jean, the EU is NOT the European Parliament). They can't even get their own accounts past the auditors so why they are interfering with other peoples economy I don't know. Hopefully commonsense will prevail, but I'm not confident, it hasn't so far!
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > Europe’s new ‘monopoly’ tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO | George Ou | > ZDNet.com: > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=778&tag=nl.e622 > <http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=778&tag=nl.e622> > > > Hey Ed, this paragraph below shows how Dabo will hit paydirt...in > the EU!!!! > > So I can translate this (via the contrapositive rule of logic) that > if the market share doesn’t fall, then that “logically” must means > that free competition doesn’t yet exist and illegal abuse must still > be rampant. That leaves absolutely no other possible explanation for > Microsoft’s dominant market share so what’s next if crippling PC > makers doesn’t work? Will the EC then order ISVs (Independent > Software Vendors) to port all of their applications to Linux with > equivalent performance, functionality, stability, and validation if > they wish to continue doing business in Europe? Where does the > madness end? > _______________________________________________ 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.

