Rivals attack Vista as illegal under EU rules

[ThePropagandist]

I saw this on yahoo news - thought it may be of interest - dont know if theres a better place to post or if maybe I shouldn't have posted at all, but whatever. Perhaps Vista will be illegal in the European Union?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070126/...icrosoft_eu_dc

summery: A coalition of rivals charged on Friday that Microsoft Corp.'s new Vista operating system coming out next week will perpetuate practices found illegal in the European Union nearly three years ago..... The EU found in 2004 that Microsoft used its dominance to muscle out RealNetworks and other makers of audio and video streaming software and that it made its desktop Windows deliberately incompatible with rivals' server software. "Microsoft has clearly chosen to ignore the fundamental principles of the Commission's March 2004 decision," said Simon Awde, chairman of the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS).
Microsoft said it had no comment. The Commission was not ready to act.
.....Microsoft has challenged the Commission's 2004 decision, which included a record fine of nearly 500 million euros ($649.4 million) and orders to change its business practices. It awaits a decision by the EU's Court of First Instance.



Should the court rule in favor of Microshaft?

[techieMoe]

Microsoft bashing thread. See the forum rules:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ums-rules.html

Although many people probably share negative views of Microsoft (and many other companies) we try to keep a positive tone in the forums. Leave discussions like this alone please.