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LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 28-02-07
Kroes was responding to a letter published by the newspaper | from a Microsoft business partner who accused the EU Commission | of "playing games" with Microsoft by .... Among Newsham's and Hoagland's conclusions: "The amount of new | code present in Windows Vista provides many opportunities for | new defects.

Privacy Protection: Progress, Of Sorts
Yes, Microsoft will be a force over the next | few years, but way too many industry analysts are pointing to Windows | Vista as the last great operating system, That's what we have with Windows Vista, the new computer-operating | system from Microsoft that debuted last week for businesses and, | next month,

COLA Stats: Saturday the 22nd of September, 2007.
KDE Might Move to 6-month Release Cycle, Menus Simplified * Linux Journal Looks Beyond GPLv3 'Fog' * Windows Vista Still Sabotages MBR, Discourages Linux Setups * Microsoft Takes War Against Google to ...... reflected the | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | fact that Telefonica knew it was breaking EU antitrust rules.

Google Alert - microsoft
For instance, I bought Norton SystemWorks because it offers better implementations of tools I can get free with Windows, or cheaper from other vendors. This latest EU antitrust finding is a sham. I'm all for competition, So are we. Competition is good. If IE and WMP had to compete, on their merits,

Microsoft to Release Eight Versions of Windows Vista
ZpnqefD...@schestowitz.com> From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> Subject: [News] Experts: Windows Vista is Vulnerable, Susceptible to Hackers .... EU antitrust experts seek charges vs Intel-source ,----[ Quote ] | The Commission has been investigating chip-maker Intel for six years | to see if it acts

[Rival] Microsoft: If We Can't Beat Them We Buy Them ($1.2 ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/02/mcafee_disses_ms/ EU's Kroes denies vendetta against Microsoft ,----[ Quote ] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust chief http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34706 Microsoft Hard-Balling EU Over Vista ,----[ Quote ] "This is part of the negotiating strategy," a

Google Alert - microsoft
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3631041 EU's Kroes denies vendetta against Microsoft ,----[ Quote ] EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes on Tuesday conducted by research firm IDC and commissioned by Microsoft, said Windows Vista will be installed on over 30 million personal computers in Denmark,

Investors Concerned Over Microsoft's Future
Windows Vista Team Blog - http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/default. aspx <http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/default.aspx> EU slaps *Microsoft* with $1.35 billion fine <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9880256-7.html? part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog> By Mike Ricciuti European Union

LONG [News Digest] of news articles for the 24hrs preceeding 08-09-06
http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060930232710&mode=expanded EU antitrust experts seek charges vs Intel-source ,----[ Quote ] | The Commission has been in Vista Pricing Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:00:22 +0000 Microsoft Discriminates Europe ,----[ Quote ] | Are you thinking about buying Vista Ultimate?

False Prophet already has started numbering!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/03/eu_flogging_ban/ http://antitrust.slated. org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf Microsoft pays star .... The phone call yesterday was to confirm my address - the laptop (a Sony Vaio - dunno which model or spec yet) is en route with Vista Ultimate and Office

Microsoft Begins Harassing IBM Over OpenDocument/OOXML Stance
Sir, I read with interest Damir Tomicic's letter on the Commission's ongoing discussions with Microsoft on Windows Vista, Microsoft's next-generation PC Here are some more details (no registration needed): EU's Kroes denies vendetta against Microsoft ,----[ Quote ] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust chief Neelie

Microsoft leaned on EC to spike open source report ..
EU's Kroes denies vendetta against Microsoft ,----[ Quote ] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes on Tuesday rejected an accusation she was pursuing conducted by research firm IDC and commissioned by Microsoft, said Windows Vista will be installed on over 30 million personal computers in Denmark,

Phony Controversy
Not a whole lot to say here, but if you're running Vista on an x64-based system, you've probably already noticed a little surprise courtesy of Windows Update, which today started pushing out The move follows *Microsoft's* capitulation to European Union regulators in October after a three-year antitrust battle.

European Commission Widens Investigation into Monoppoly ...
Microsoft's Holiday Gift ,----[ Quote ] Microsoft (MSFT) plans to offer discounts for its delayed Windows Vista operating system to spur holiday sales. The EU fined Microsoft 497 million euros, or more than $600 million, for antitrust violations related to its earlier versions of Windows in 2004,

Microsoft Dares to Appel EU Antitrust Ruling
In Australia, Windows Vista More Expensive Than Brand-new PC * IPTV Gear Based on Linux * Open Source a Reality for Businesses * Vista Could be Further Delayed, ..... EU official joins consultancy serving Microsoft ,----[ Quote ] A European Commission official originally chosen to lead its antitrust case against

C|Net: Vista is "Warmed-over Windows XP", No Need to Use It
Could it be that the MacIntel is making gains because it can run Windows natively rather than emulating it on a PowerPC. As you say - you get what you pay for, and a lot of folk are dumb enough to believe that Windoze/Vista is cheaper than the alternatives (not true) and as good (ABSOLUTELY not true).

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceeding 16-09-06
Subject: [News] SUSE Linux a Better Deal Than Windows Vista Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:51:54 +0100 Upgrade price wars: Vista vs. Subject: [News] Microsoft Rearms for EU Antitrust Cases Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:13:28 +0100 Consultancy to Microsoft lines up EU trust-buster ,----[ Quote ] Microsoft was fined 500

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 11-03-07
MS Antitrust Trial Begins in Iowa ,----[ Quote ] | Here's part of what Allchin said about how to deal with the competitive | threat from Novell then: | | "We need to slaughter Novell ..... The burden is yet another reason to see slow business deployments in | the early months following Windows Vista's release.

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceeding 04-10-06
[News] Linux Beats Vista "Ultimate" Edition to It 27 68023 11. A question for John Bailo or any other COLA Republ 26 57013 12. Vive L'Europe! EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decisio 11 23911 [News] Reasons to Use Mozilla Firefox (and How Win 11 23123 [News] Apple's Linux Lock Goes Kaput,

Phony Controversy
Could it be that the MacIntel is making gains because it can run Windows natively rather than emulating it on a PowerPC. Well of course they are, dimwit. Mac has switched production over to Macintel platform so you would expect it - duh. Same as Windoze XP is losing market share to Vista (although God only knows