Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Mar 2006 22:25 UTC
The European Commission said on Thursday it will need to spend a number of weeks analysing the information that Microsoft has presented in its hearing before making a final decision on whether the company will be fined for not complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling. The hearing, which is taking place on Thu and Fri, gives Microsoft an opportunity to argue why it believes it has complied with the ruling.
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Member since:2005-07-08
How do you know that it would already have happened by now?
I'm not sure what your point is by mentioning support, but you can get support for free software. And any company could adapt if they suddenly needed to change software or software vendors. If MS died tomorrow, the world would go on, companies would change and adapt.
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Not popular, Cygnus, at all, RedHat. Definitely, Linux people, Novell, hate companies, Sun, providing support for free software.
I know I, Canonical, don't like it when different kinds of, ASL, companies support, Apple, the free software they, Atipa, ship.
Professional support is not a popular concept in any DIY world. How often do you see a gamer on the phone with Dell tech support?
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First of all, I said I knew it wouldn't happen in reality -- so no need to get all uppity about it. :-)
Second, the utopian F/OSS Crusader view is that everyone would finally find themselves free of "Microsoft's chains", and gladly march over to the Linux/Apple side. Again, the reality ... it won't happen. It would have already by now.
Oh, and I know that professional support is not exactly a popular concept in the Linux-DIY world ... but yeah, a lot of big-name companies depend on the company that sold them the software being around to provide updates and support.