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Why does the EU want Microsoft to give away its source code?
In an article http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=7&u=/ap/20050321/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_microsoft
"BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union (news - web sites) threatened Microsoft Corp. on Friday with new fines if the software company doesn't make it easier and cheaper for competitors to see the blueprints of its server software." The implied point is that the EU wants Microsoft to compete with so-called Open Source software. The EU proponents seem to be unconcerned that there is a substantial cost in developing, supporting and improving software. If anyone has ever tried to find a support source for Linux, Unix or any of the many flavors of Open Source software, they know it is well nigh impossible to solve some anomalies without extensive programming skills. In the same way, if Windows were to be obligated to become Open Source, the software would quickly become unsupportable. I have to wonder if this is a case of attempted socialization of software but hidden as an encouraging competitive business practice? Note that the EU has already fined Microsoft $665 million dollars due to alleged anti-trust violations, and they maintain an option of fining up to 5% of Microsoft’s global sales. Lets see, they want to profiteer from Microsoft, well beyond it’s sales in Europe, but at the same time, demand that Microsoft can’t profit from it’s own work. Unbelievable.
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They wan't it to give to a European software manufacturer to unfairly compete against Microsoft.....remember when you can't beat them fairly...cheat. THe motto of the French and germans. THe people that brought you the UN oil for food scam.
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Absent free trade regulations to the contrary, does Microsoft have an absolute right to market abroad? By the same token, shouldn't EU countries open up their R&D vaults too?
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Microsoft should then say fine we will sell our better products to China and make tons of money. If Microsoft refused to sell to Europe I bet there tone would change pretty fast.
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Oh, they will just turn to their "superior" home grown operating system...... OH right they don't have one...............I say screw them. Cut them off and then go after them if Pirated software is found VIA the WTO......
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Yep thats what I am saying, they seem to need Microsoft more then Microsoft needs their money. If Gates has a spine make the EU squirm a bit then in 6 months they will let you sell your stuff, with a 25% mark up over current prices of course.
I would be one evil CEO (evil laugh) hahahahahahahah
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The article is interesting, maybe the EU has a valid point.
From Yahoo's article: "EU antitrust regulators fined Microsoft a record 497 million euros ($665 million) when they ruled a year ago that Microsoft abusively wielded its Windows software monopoly to lock competitors out of the market. They ordered, among other things, that Microsoft share Windows server code with rivals so their products can better communicate on networks with machines that run Windows operating systems. Microsoft decided it would provide the information through licenses, which Todd said the European Commission (news - web sites) felt were too expensive." |
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The EU could care less about whats right....they just want to rip us off.
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I don't think the EU wants to steal anything, especialy such a horrible product as Windows.
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So other software companies (most American) can develop software that runs on WINDOWS, it's to protect the consumer, not the small European software developers.
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