| mrstickball said: Europeans still love communism, eh? Hurt the big guys that are smart and make money. |
MS ain't 'smart' - they managed to gain a virtual monopoly (and not buy being smart, but by being lucky with a little cheating on the side) and they abuse it in every way they can and use that position, plus the money it brings, to simlpy use brute force against competitors.
At least in Europe we follow through on anti-trust against large corporations - rather than giving up as US action on MS seemed to. And MS had years to sort this out and tried to duck it... so they fully deserve the fine. If you want to operate globally you have to step up to the difficulties of dealing with other markets. MS keeps trying to treat every market as if it is US and it will keep getting smacked for doing so until it wises up and makes series efforts to operate within each territory according to its laws.
Also, I suggest if you want to remain a mod you're very careful with this kind of post - I for one will be complaining rather rapidly to 'the management' if I see such an ill informed, biased and frankly unwarranted comment from a supposed 'moderator' again in the near future.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
