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State Department questions EU's Microsoft ruling | |
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| Time: 16:36 EST/21:36 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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The U.S. State Department has quietly expressed its concerns to European regulators about last week's decision to levy harsh penalties and a $613 million fine on Microsoft. The quiet protest from the Bush administration comes as concern is growing on Capitol Hill over the European Commission's penalties, which came after the Justice Department agreed to a consent decree that includes ongoing federal court oversight of Microsoft's business practices. | ||
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| #1 By 3339 (64.160.58.135) at 3/31/2004 6:05:58 PM |
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I enjoy having a sense of humor about things, but don't you get to feeling like a sh!thead when you are encouraging the use of American military power for a private and minor concern which should not be politicized in the first place?
Just Curious. |
| #2 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at 3/31/2004 7:31:05 PM |
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Here I thought it was April Fool's =)
But no, it's the US, once again, sticking it's nose into other people's business. On behalf of the whole world outside of the US (i.e. 96% of the world), I'd like to tell the Bush Administration to f off and to worry about their own laws in their own country rather than other country's laws! |
| #3 By 11888 (64.230.10.100) at 3/31/2004 11:32:37 PM |
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and the US sure does a great job at overseeing US companies
Here's an interesting fact about Bulgaria: It's slightly larger than Tennessee. This post was edited by MrRoper on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 23:39. |
| #4 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at 4/1/2004 12:28:23 AM |
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I don't see this “thing" the Monti "the Python" wrought to be such a problem. And that is only because I have a solution – if however imperfect. The UN had a little ditty going down in Iraq for oh, about 10 years or so. There, they fixed the price of oil below the world market price that is controlled by everyone's favorite monopoly, OPEC. Well, the weasels, er . . . Russia, France, and Germany (when they weren't too busy supplying Iraq with arms that later killed American servicemen) profited from the difference.
By the way, the difference has been estimated as being in the hundreds of millions of dollars. So, Monti "the Python" just rounds up the hundreds of millions from these weasels and turns it over to the European Union of countries that would have otherwise benefited from the Microsoft fines. And, then, Monti “the Python” drops this asinine “case” against Microsoft and starts abiding by the previous agreements that it has with the United States regarding such matters. Yipes! Monti “the Python’s” job is up this fall. What a shame. Since in all, some 270 companies, organizations and individuals in 50 countries profited through the arbitrage of Saddam Hussein's oil, the price of which was fixed below market by the United Nations. Well, there still hope. Who is for hiring Monti “the Python” to go after the specific individuals in the companies and governments that helped kill our young men and women in the service? |
| #5 By 22043 (202.4.189.42) at 4/1/2004 12:59:39 AM |
| How do I go to the story(news)? |
| #6 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at 4/1/2004 1:02:27 AM |
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#4 Are we discussing wars or laws here? Or sorry, I said something negative about the US of A, so what does it matter, it's all black or white, we can't have one thing for wars and another for laws! America should dictate eveything and everyone!
#5 First of all grow up, now we can move onto the points your actually made: "This was a bypartisan resolution, with 5 members from each party essentially telling the EU to stick to agreements they have with the US and to quit trying to regulate US companies in violation of that agreement." Apologies, I should have said the US of A rather than just the Bush Administration. They violated the "spirit"? wtf? Wow! The "spirit"! How about the US regulate ANY company that is doing business in the US and the EU regulate ANY company that is doing business in the EU - regardless of where that company has it's headquarters! How's that for fair! No, you don't like it... Maybe if the US get to regulate everyone, everywhere? That better? "In some ways I do agree with Chris. I think the US should remove the 120,000 troops it has in Europe and get out of the Kosovo quagmire that is going into its 6th year. Let Europe protect itself with its own troops. Get the men and women of the USA home and working on protecting the USA, not some euro-weenies who hate the US." Fine, do it then! Ask your government to get out of the EU. And whilst you're there, tell it to keep to it's own territory and to stop invading countries because they may have WMD which they may use against the US of A.... maybe.... or sorry scratch that... tell the US to stop invading countries to "liberate" their oil! #9 "when they weren't too busy supplying Iraq with arms that later killed American servicemen" You mean unlike the US which never supplied weapons to Iraq, or Afghanistan or never trained Osama... oops! And who the hell asked the US to go to Iraq? Anyone? Anyone at all? You can blame yuor own government for that one sorry, the rest of the world wasn't interested... and then the US announced the coalition of the "willing" (for instance dangling a Free trade order in front of Australia). "By the way, the difference has been estimated as being in the hundreds of millions of dollars." Dollars or Euro? Last I heard the US wasn't too pleased about Iraq trading oil in Euro's... seems they wanted everything to be in US dollars first. |
| #7 By 12071 (203.185.215.149) at 4/1/2004 1:03:36 AM |
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#10 Click on the title:
http://www.activewin.com/outbound.asp?HeadlineIndex=23396&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fzdnet%2Ecom%2Ecom%2F2100%2D1104%5F2%2D5182165%2Ehtml |
| #8 By 22043 (202.4.189.42) at 4/1/2004 1:40:55 AM |
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Thanks Chris.
My mouse went allover the page except the title. Thanks again. |
| #9 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at 4/1/2004 5:25:33 AM |
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Gee, #11, don't blow a gasket! lol
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| #10 By 3339 (64.160.58.135) at 4/1/2004 2:45:33 PM |
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"Obviously Chris (who equates OJ Simpson murdering his wife with bundling a media player in Windows for 10 years) did not read the article,
"Ten members of the House International Relations Committee--five Democrats and five Republicans--have written a letter to Monti protesting the sanctions on Microsoft. They claimed the decision violated the spirit of a 1991 "comity agreement" the Clinton administration renewed in 1998, which generally says that the United States should take the lead in overseeing U.S. companies." This was a bypartisan resolution, with 5 members from each party essentially telling the EU to stick to agreements they have with the US and to quit trying to regulate US companies in violation of that agreement." And THIS article is primarily about the STATE DEPARTMENT complaint. Last I checked the State Dept. was an Executive Office. Whereas 10 House members (which is 2% of the House) writing a letter (resolution? with 10 votes? It's a freakin' letter!) is only mentioned in passing and is as significant as if you wrote a letter (i.e. insignificant) and only reflects those members who are firmly in MS's pocket. This post was edited by sodajerk on Thursday, April 01, 2004 at 14:48. |
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