Re: [Sheflug] Yahoo

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben

> I think that M$  argued that they didn't have to remove IE because
> it is a central component of the OS. That's why you can't uninstall
> it.

You need to read through and understand these pages....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_antitrust_case
http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp07/aff/cp070063en.pdf

This isn't about whether or not you can or can't remove a web browser 
such as exploder.  More about the winduhs media player.  It's about 
the fact that Microsoft and a part of the U.S. legal team have 
refused to recognise that there is a European Union legal framework 
of any sort.  This almost suggests (although not really) that the 
legal framework is a criminal organisation.  You can't really say 
that about the judiciary.  Then there's the issue of 
interoperability.

>From my own personal point of view I welcome the Irish vote not to 
recognise the latest EU treaty.  I have never been allowed to vote 
for or against the EU.  Lot of people in the UK never were.  But, 
that is not about the issue of whether the U.S corporate sector have 
any plans to recognise the EU legal framework.


-- 
Richard

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