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BillieTheBot
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Micro$hite might get a daily fine of £1.4M from the EU...
I'm just so happy to see all the cash Micro$hite have to cough up
for taking the piss for so long I had to share it...
BBC Link
More fine links
To IBM
To RealNetworks
Who else is happy to finally see Micro$hite in so much troubles recently?
I'm just so happy to see all the cash Micro$hite have to cough up
for taking the piss for so long I had to share it...
BBC Link
More fine links
To IBM
To RealNetworks
Who else is happy to finally see Micro$hite in so much troubles recently?
Beep boop. I'm a bot.
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Damn any government or anything like it really...
But might point is just Micro$hite might cough up and I don't care who do
it I just enjoy it
Yeah they can, I wish they made them cough up much more...
Lack of competition is not only bad for competitors, its also bad for the customer and Microsoft too.
I think it's sad how Micro$hite have been allowed such methods as they used
to be able to control the market. If competitors need to use laws to make they stop and pay for what they did, I say go for it. It is still peanuts to them...
There was no lack of competition, especially in real network's case.
Exactly, given consumers cant shop around for an operating system there is no competition, this means Microsoft wont do its best and therefore the customer gets a poorer quality good.
Totally agree with you on that one...
I wouldn't have any trouble with them if they were providing us with efficient, stable and secure OS and software, but they don't. It's a shame, they have more money than any other company and CAN provide us with perfect solution, they just choose not to.
Any kid sitting in his parents garage can put them out of business, just watch the film Antitrust.
And if I were Microsoft I'd refuse to pay the fine, they can afford not to. Even threaten to stop bussiness in Europe - can you imagine the devestation that would occur if Microsoft withdrew here? - We'd fall behind other countries, stuck in the 2000-2005 stoneage. With no tech support or updates we'd be forced to scrap >>everything<< and buy new OS and software and retrain to use it. If they did have to let third parties use their code I'd make them pay a royalty to Microsoft for doing so (and secretly code the next OS to run non MS slower Mhahaha).
Europe already is, the UK especially. Europe failing to integrate IT technology into businesses is why America continues to have such a huge lead in productivity over all its rivals.
There is plenty of competition. The realnetorks case wasnt about operating systems anyway. They were upset at microsoft being able to give its software away for free. If they cannot differentiate thier product enough to make people buy it then its tough shit, they shouldnt be able to cry to the government over the matter.
Is that why the US has such a big budget surplus?
Good point. Excellently put. :thumb:
going off topic here but i don't think it's a very good analogy, because if you look at how developed countries have enslaved the developing ones and continue to do so through various economic policies you might see it differently.......this book provides some explanation of what i'm talking about, worth a read......
as for how microsoft have gained such an edge in the market, it's mainly because they were the first to develop an easy GUI based OS for home users, imo......
Real Player is a pile of cock, mind.
Reading this made me think in a logical way, so sorry if im going to become a smart ass here :chin:
Microsoft were the 1st people to invent PC's i think.
People who work for microsoft probley left over the years and started Linx for e.g so if you think about it, they have made a good impact on our history and what our life with computers are like today.
Sorry for being smart ass just had to say it :eek:
But what you say is basically true. Windows has shaped computer and related industries dramatically. The world would be a much different place without windows.....
Think about the long term affects, No IT in schools, No Computers for people to work on.
With out Computers we would not evolve like some of the tv programs we see i.e Furture ones
What an ugly vision.
I mean it is not their fault they are so superior to all cometitors is it?
Apple had their chance to steal technology from Microsoft, they didnt take it but when Microsoft had the same opportunity they took it. They are better businessmen, better at marketing and provide a superior product...sometimes.
Point is, the other guys lost, so they should stop been cry babies and using monopoly laws, which clearly are not credible in new tech development projects, and suck it up!
microsoft do make generally alrite software, basically despite huge problem their software seems to tick by ok
they don't outdo their competition though, and in terms of media players and browsers theres far better ones out there which is why firefox is increasing its share REALLY quickly now, the only reason most people use them is cause its bundled with windows, and because of that its abusing its position with its monopoloy on windows (which personally i find alrite, and relatively customisable compared to linux and mac osx)
Their OS are crap and all they did is copied the Mac interface that
was the same as windows since Mac launched their first system...
As I said I have no problem with them providing browser and media player, cos it is an OS I think anyone who got a system and install an OS want to be able to play CD and surf the web straight away... If they don't provide Internet Explorer, how can we go and download Firefox... It would be neat if they were providing us with multiple browsers to choose from like Linux often does tho...
My main problem with them is there methods, even for MS-DOS which make their success, they kind of fuck over IBM which they were dealing with at the time and this is the main reason why IBM have been after Microsoft since then...
Micro$hite steal technology from smaller business and personal developer without even paying the licensing fee for most of them and by not providing source code and the rest of shit to other developer it is a way for them to protect themself as people might find more script they have stolen...
I remember a case that was 1 or 2 years agao, where a personal developer sued Micro$hite for having stealing his work and not having paying the licensing to him... They ended up paying him something round $540M if I remember well...
That because of stuff like that and for their inability to provide us with stable and secure envirnment that I am happy to see them pay, I don't care who does it or for which reason or how they do it, as long as they are after them I am happy...
They did do some good by bringing home computer to the public, but they are taking the piss and should provide with good products.
Why do you think so many windows users get their system hacked, or get virus and others, when linux like OS users do not have as many trouble.
Micro$hite don't care about users and there is way too many security issue is there software, they way windows have been design and work is awful, it is not a wonder it is never stable...
If they finally decide to provide with perfect OS and pay all technology and other developer work they used I would have no trouble with them.
But I don't think it will ever happend...
It will maybe takes ages, but I'm sure they will go down one day...