Comments on: Microsoft to be banned from EU contracts ? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/10/microsoft-to-be-banned-from-eu-contracts/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:44:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: webdev http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/10/microsoft-to-be-banned-from-eu-contracts/#comment-303689 webdev Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:38:02 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3771#comment-303689 Europeans believe in fair trade. M$ believes in a monopoly. So conflicts between the two are no surprise. Open source instead of M$ would be a good thing and would definetly stimulate innovations. By the way, what's so special about Linux on a laptop producing PDF-files ? Europeans believe in fair trade. M$ believes in a monopoly. So conflicts between the two are no surprise.

Open source instead of M$ would be a good thing and would definetly stimulate innovations.

By the way, what’s so special about Linux on a laptop producing PDF-files ?

]]> By: jeremy quaresma http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/10/microsoft-to-be-banned-from-eu-contracts/#comment-302850 jeremy quaresma Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:47:36 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3771#comment-302850 i was wondering what ms ruhle is using as an OS for her laptop ? since the decision was printed in PDF, i would venture a guess that it is on a windows based system. i was wondering what ms ruhle is using as an OS for her laptop ?
since the decision was printed in PDF, i would venture a guess that it is on a windows based system.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/10/microsoft-to-be-banned-from-eu-contracts/#comment-299792 Jonathan Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:23:17 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3771#comment-299792 Those wacky Europeans. Can you believe them? First they treat Microsoft as their personal ATM now this. Why don't they just post a sign at every Euro border, "No American corporations need compete within." My suggestion to Microsoft is to cease any and all support and updates to any EU body. It seems that Europe is intent on conquering with closed trade and unfair competition what they couldn't with centuries of bloody butchery. As an English born hi-tech professional working in Israel I see this kind of Eurocentric behavior all the time and frankly it sickens me. The ugly American has been replaced with the ugly European. Let's be realistic, when you enter the field of hi-tech in any field you know that big companies such as Microsoft, Google, Oracle, SAP and others are going to be right there competing. The fact is that the only people losing out by these attacks on Microsoft are European users and the potentially employable Europeans that Microsoft would hire to develop and support technology in Europe. So is the EU really representing their citizens best interests? Europe does not believe in a free market, they believe in allow unfair advantage to European companies to prop up the misguided notion that they are any kind of power in the world today. Maybe it will level the playing field a bit to keep cutting edge development out of Europe until they open their borders and minds a little. Those wacky Europeans. Can you believe them? First they treat Microsoft as their personal ATM now this. Why don’t they just post a sign at every Euro border, “No American corporations need compete within.”

My suggestion to Microsoft is to cease any and all support and updates to any EU body.

It seems that Europe is intent on conquering with closed trade and unfair competition what they couldn’t with centuries of bloody butchery.

As an English born hi-tech professional working in Israel I see this kind of Eurocentric behavior all the time and frankly it sickens me. The ugly American has been replaced with the ugly European.

Let’s be realistic, when you enter the field of hi-tech in any field you know that big companies such as Microsoft, Google, Oracle, SAP and others are going to be right there competing. The fact is that the only people losing out by these attacks on Microsoft are European users and the potentially employable Europeans that Microsoft would hire to develop and support technology in Europe. So is the EU really representing their citizens best interests?

Europe does not believe in a free market, they believe in allow unfair advantage to European companies to prop up the misguided notion that they are any kind of power in the world today.

Maybe it will level the playing field a bit to keep cutting edge development out of Europe until they open their borders and minds a little.

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