Comments on: Microsoft Lobbying in Europe Goes Up a Notch http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/ Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69473 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69473 <blockquote> Which “crimes”? </blockquote> Good question. Which ones? There are <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/Comes_vs_Microsoft" rel="nofollow">so many</a>.

Which “crimes”?

Good question. Which ones? There are so many.

]]> By: André http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69469 André Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:51:15 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69469 Which "crimes"? What is at stake: - either a very moderate preference for more openness with public procurement as a leverage or - laissez-faire. Here's the Commission whitepaper http://www.co-ment.net/text/1328/ Which “crimes”?

What is at stake:
- either a very moderate preference for more openness with public procurement as a leverage
or
- laissez-faire.

Here’s the Commission whitepaper
http://www.co-ment.net/text/1328/

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69280 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:06:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69280 Prevention is always better than cure and the problem is that the EU Commission responds too late to obvious crimes. Take <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/ooxml-abuse-index/" rel="nofollow">OOXML for example</a> -- the Commission promised it would investigate. Prevention is always better than cure and the problem is that the EU Commission responds too late to obvious crimes. Take OOXML for example — the Commission promised it would investigate.

]]> By: Alex http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69279 Alex Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:56:26 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69279 Twitter, I see your point. Sadly, these changes are not due to EU's decision. The EU's penalty is toothless. They could have asked anyone selling Windows as part of a product, to bundle it with the latest version of FF/Chrome. Twitter, I see your point.

Sadly, these changes are not due to EU’s decision. The EU’s penalty is toothless. They could have asked anyone selling Windows as part of a product, to bundle it with the latest version of FF/Chrome.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69236 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:39:44 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69236 Oops. This was intended to be a response to Alex (below). Oops. This was intended to be a response to Alex (below).

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69235 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:37:45 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69235 If this fails at first, then they'll spread some more ActiveX controls. If this fails at first, then they’ll spread some more ActiveX controls.

]]> By: twitter http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69233 twitter Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:32:46 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69233 Some things do change. Just ask Circuit City and CompUSA. Best Buy, which is also a M$ "partner" is going the same way. When you don't give customers a real choice, you don't make as much money as you should. That usually means you fire your employees and go out of business. The netbook "fiasco" has only begun. M$ will not survive in a world where computers cost under $200 and all this nonsense about browsers will fade away like the trivial issue it is. Some things do change. Just ask Circuit City and CompUSA. Best Buy, which is also a M$ “partner” is going the same way. When you don’t give customers a real choice, you don’t make as much money as you should. That usually means you fire your employees and go out of business. The netbook “fiasco” has only begun. M$ will not survive in a world where computers cost under $200 and all this nonsense about browsers will fade away like the trivial issue it is.

]]> By: aeshna23 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69231 aeshna23 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:15:10 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69231 No they didn't fail logic class. It's an admission that open-source software is superior when the playing field is level. No they didn’t fail logic class. It’s an admission that open-source software is superior when the playing field is level.

]]> By: Alex http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69226 Alex Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:19:54 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69226 What will happen, is that Microsoft will strong-arm the resellers to only include IE and will use this to prove that 'people do not want other browsers'. Resellers are not restricted in what browser they have to install on a windows machine, just like they are not restricted in what to put on the shelves. I've seen this somewhere already... ah, the netbook fiasco. Nothing will change. What will happen, is that Microsoft will strong-arm the resellers to only include IE and will use this to prove that ‘people do not want other browsers’. Resellers are not restricted in what browser they have to install on a windows machine, just like they are not restricted in what to put on the shelves.

I’ve seen this somewhere already… ah, the netbook fiasco.

Nothing will change.

]]> By: Will http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/10/microsoft-act-and-kroes-lobbying/comment-page-1/#comment-69218 Will Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:37:22 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14456#comment-69218 "the emphasis on open standards" (i.e. standards that anyone, including proprietary software companies, can implement freely) "in the Commission’s white paper amounts to a bias in favour of open-source software." Someone failed logic class. “the emphasis on open standards” (i.e. standards that anyone, including proprietary software companies, can implement freely) “in the Commission’s white paper amounts to a bias in favour of open-source software.”

Someone failed logic class.

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