Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Nov 2006 23:04 UTC
It seems Microsoft has released the long awaited Windows Vista to a selection of its larger customers. If you're a Microsoft Volume License customer, you can now download Vista from the MVLS Volume Licensing site. Since around 10am (GMT) this morning, Vista has been properly released into the wild via MVLS - but no news yet as to when it will be available to the developer-centric MSDN community. The Inq also gives a rundown of what Aero-capable video cards you can buy if you have a machine that lacks AGP or PCIe slots. Meanwhile, the EU is threatening to fine Microsoft again.
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Maybe the point where the EU actually builds their budget around the "fines" will be a tipping point, where, for reasons of typing efficiency, the "fines" are simply called a "tax".
Last years EU budget : 115 956 million Euro
( http://ec.europa.eu/budget/budget_detail/last_year_en.htm )
MS fine (still unpaid as far as I know) : 497 million Euro
Yes, whatever will the EU do without MS' money ? *rolls eyes*
How about they just agree not to break the law, like the rest of us.
Edited 2006-11-16 11:38
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2005-07-07
How long before the EU becomes addicted to "fining" MS for bad, bad behavior, and schedules these "fines" to be an annual event.
Maybe the point where the EU actually builds their budget around the "fines" will be a tipping point, where, for reasons of typing efficiency, the "fines" are simply called a "tax".
Of course, in the US, we haven't gotten around to admitting that the Social Security money withheld from the paycheck is a tax, so the answer might be: never.