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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 07:47 AM
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EU: Settlement Talks With Microsoft Fail ( ;) OK I hate MS
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-EU-Microsoft.html

EU: Settlement Talks With Microsoft Fail
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: March 18, 2004


Filed at 7:05 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union antitrust chief said Thursday settlement talks with Microsoft Corp. had failed and he would propose that a precedent-setting ruling against the U.S. software giant be adopted next week.

``We made substantial progress toward resolving the problems that had arisen in the past but we were unable to agree on commitments for future conduct,'' EU Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said. ``In the end I had to ... decide what was best for competition and consumers in Europe.''

..more at AP.....

Oh No Mr. Bill those EU Terrorist are attacking Micro$oft.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 07:54 AM
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1. Gates...
... bitch-slapped our government so many times he thought he could bitch-slap them.

Go Linux :)
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Zech Marquis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 08:34 AM
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2. this should be interesting...
first we bash France and Germany, especially France for being cheese eating appeasers and cowards :eyes:, next we bash Spain for not doing what we tell 'em, next up, the EU for trying to make M$ play fair. Time to stand up for 'Murica :eyes:
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 09:58 AM
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4. Kind of funny.
These retards could wind up being isolationists
unintentionally.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-04 09:55 AM
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3. Good. Fuck Microsoft!
I worked for them for almost 6 years helping to make the company a success and the moment the states and feds finished their suits against MS, they outsourced our jobs to India.

Fuck Microsoft.
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