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On Monday 17 September 2007 09:24, Neil Williams wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6998272.stm > > "Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) > fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition > dispute. > > The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft > had abused its dominant market position. > > A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of freezing out > rivals in server software and products such as media players. > > Microsoft has two months to appeal at the European Court of Justice." > > So that's a given then. How much longer can the lawyers drag this out? > > Come on MS, £343m is peanuts - Bill probably has that much down the > back of the sofa. When the NHS has just spent £5bn on a Windows-based > authentication system that cannot cope with the existing (pilot-stage) > demand of maybe 0.5% of the expected workload, £343m is truly > inconsequential. Can anyone tell me where I can apply for these NHS contracts - I guess all you have to do is make up a figure and then get a contract lawyer to pull holes in the agreement and you can be rich! Oh hang on - I can actually write software - I guess that will exclude me! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html