Mr.Guvernment
04-12-06, 01:50 PM
well, i do agree with
Their argument is
essentially that they shouldn't be penalized for becoming successful in a
marketplace."
But, what have they done to get succesfull - if Microsoft is being punished for trying to reach the top then shouldn't most buisness be in court as well ? a buisness is a buisness - goal = to make alot of money and be as successful as possible....So why be punished because someone else has not be able to create a competive product.
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| Microsoft To Appeal EU Decision |
| from the fighting-the-old-country dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 11, @12:05 (Microsoft) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/11/159227 |
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An anonymous reader writes "News.com has an article on Microsoft's
upcoming [0]appeal of the EU antitrust decision. Their argument is
essentially that they shouldn't be penalized for becoming successful in a
marketplace." From the article: "Microsoft relies on the fact that its
communication protocols are technologically innovative and are covered by
intellectual-property rights ... [the company] had designed its Windows
server operating systems from the outset to interoperate with
non-Microsoft server operating systems"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=06/04/11/159227
Links:
0. http://news.com.com/Microsoft%2C+EU+clash+over+Windows+innovation/2100-1016_3-6059725.html?tag=nefd.top
Their argument is
essentially that they shouldn't be penalized for becoming successful in a
marketplace."
But, what have they done to get succesfull - if Microsoft is being punished for trying to reach the top then shouldn't most buisness be in court as well ? a buisness is a buisness - goal = to make alot of money and be as successful as possible....So why be punished because someone else has not be able to create a competive product.
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| Microsoft To Appeal EU Decision |
| from the fighting-the-old-country dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 11, @12:05 (Microsoft) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/11/159227 |
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An anonymous reader writes "News.com has an article on Microsoft's
upcoming [0]appeal of the EU antitrust decision. Their argument is
essentially that they shouldn't be penalized for becoming successful in a
marketplace." From the article: "Microsoft relies on the fact that its
communication protocols are technologically innovative and are covered by
intellectual-property rights ... [the company] had designed its Windows
server operating systems from the outset to interoperate with
non-Microsoft server operating systems"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=06/04/11/159227
Links:
0. http://news.com.com/Microsoft%2C+EU+clash+over+Windows+innovation/2100-1016_3-6059725.html?tag=nefd.top