Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Apr 2007 18:12 UTC, submitted by FreeRhino
GNU, GPL, Open Source "When free software supporters participate in the French presidential election on April 22 for the first round of voting, they will have information that may be unique in the world: position statements from all major parties on issues about free software, copyright, patents, and digital rights. Even more surprisingly - at least from a North American [ed. note: or the rest of Europe, sadly] perspective - a majority of the candidates have heard of these issues and developed positions on them."
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tomcat
Member since:
2006-01-06

Abusing a monopoly is.

MSFT already paid a price for abusing their monopoly power. Whether or not you think that they paid ENOUGH is irrelevant. It is what it is.

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Supreme Dragon Member since:
2007-03-04

"MSFT already paid a price for abusing their monopoly power."

MS is now trying to make everyone pay a price with that Vista crap.

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tomcat Member since:
2006-01-06

MS is now trying to make everyone pay a price with that Vista crap.

I can't exactly say that I'm surprised that a MS hater thinks that Vista is crap; fortunately, most people aren't as distracted by ideology.

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phoudoin Member since:
2006-06-09

MSFT already paid a price for abusing their monopoly power.


Not on EU marketland. Yet.

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ThawkTH Member since:
2005-07-06

Amen.

Paying a paltry price to the US mean nothing in the grand scheme of things.

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tomcat Member since:
2006-01-06

Not on EU marketland. Yet.

MS has been subjected to a ton of new fines, regulations, and requirements by the EC. EU isn't a level playing field for MS: It's a competitor's wet dream.

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