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Tom Potts wrote: > 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! My question is where does all the money go? I can't possibly see how you can spend 5 billion pounds on any piece of software. Or did it all go on Microsoft licenses? -- 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