Europe Investigates Microsoft?s Business Dealings

[mdvaldosta]

It looks like Microsoft is back under the microscope – but this time by Europe’s new antitrust investigators. The European Commission believes that the company may be violating monopoly laws by failing to make its products interoperable with competitors’ offerings and by illegally bundling its Internet Explorer Web browser with the Windows operating system.“The initiation [...]

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[Pudding Time]

Oh man. The EU needs to put a cork in it. It would piss me off if I had to buy an operating system that had nothing in it. Then I would have to download each application individually.

I'd laugh if Microsoft pulled there OS's from all European markets. I know it wont happen, but boy it would be hilarious.

 

[sharpies]

Just wait until they start picking on the car manufacturers who actually sell cars with parts that will only fit that particular model. They even force you to take only one style of steering wheel, which they fit to the car before delivery.... the cheek!

Allan


They should piss off & leave Microsoft alone.

 

[gLing]

The key to defeating M$ is coming up with an OS that can do what windows does but at a cheaper price and have less bugs.

 

[Murdoc]

The key to defeating M$ is coming up with an OS that can do what windows does but at a cheaper price and have less bugs.

they have. its called any unix like OS. *bsd, linux, skyOS, etc etc. free, easy as hell to install, absolutely EVERY piece of software is free.

 

[gLing]

they have. its called any unix like OS. *bsd, linux, skyOS, etc etc. free, easy as hell to install, absolutely EVERY piece of software is free.

linux is gibberish and can I play Civ4 with it?

 

[Murdoc]

linux is gibberish and can I play Civ4 with it?

yes, under WinE.

 

[gLing]

What about ubantu? If I install that can I play all my games with it?

 

[Murdoc]

What about ubantu? If I install that can I play all my games with it?

yes, under wine.

 

[gLing]

yes, under wine.

:confused
If I drink enough wine I can get it going?

 

[Murdoc]

:confused
If I drink enough wine I can get it going?

lol all you have to do in ubuntu is:

apt-get install wine

or something like that. im not sure what the exact apt command is.