U.S. Asks European Union to Be Fair in Microsoft Case

Of course, if the US needs to remind the EU to be fair, this must mean they don't think they will be - otherwise why bother ruffling diplomatic feathers by making a fuss?

Europe? Just bunch of banana republics, it seems.

Ah I don't trust Europe. Unfortunately though my country, Croatia, is in some kind of state of trance for years already about entering EU. It's like "EU" are golden magical words and the representation of all good in the world. Our government is absolutely obsessed by EU.

Anyway.. what right does US have to meddle in the affairs of this EU lawsuit? Just because Microsoft is an US company?

Sickening indeed.

Quoting:Anyway.. what right does US have to meddle in the affairs of this EU lawsuit? Just because Microsoft is an US company?

Gates has turned the US Government into his person shill. Has this country ever done this for any other company or industry ever? No, never.

Imagine our government intervening for Boeing, General Motors, Intel. Won't happen.

Well, there is a certain logic to Mr Gates running the US; what's worse is that he also appears to have hypnotised Tony Blair, who seems incapable of making a major IT decision without checking with Bill first. The huge UK National Health System (based almost entirely on Microsoft's products) is a case in point.

And I can guess who will be providing all the software for our smart new 1984 ID card system. At least that guarantees it will be years late and won't ever work properly....

> Has this country ever done this for any other company or industry ever? No, never.

Tom, to be fair, I think they tried to intervene when the EU nixed the GE/Honeywell merger. They weren't successful, but I do believe they tried. This is from memory, and therefore should be taken with a grain of salt.

Quoting: Of course, if the US needs to remind the EU to be fair, this must mean they don't think they will be - otherwise why bother ruffling diplomatic feathers by making a fuss?

Alternatively it could be because Microsoft know they've pushed things a bit too far this time and that the EU is not going to back down in demanding that MS play fair or get seriously smacked. Hence the whining request for Governmental Support.

Most repugnant.

""Their lawyers mentioned the success of the settlement with the Department of Justice at least 15 times during their presentations today.""

should of been broken up into tiny pieces.

guess all that abramoff money didn't go to waste after all.

go lobbyists and preston gates - I would like to know the names of the MY government officials that used MY tax money to go over there to talk to the EU officials. And I would like to know who was the letter writer from MY government.

this is all just plain sickening - now we have the government doing microsoft's dirty work. guess we know who is boss.

Who is the boss? Damn, the thought is scary.. It's Bill Gates. He has money and therefore he obviously has the power, even over the US government.

Time to overthrown him!