From: Mike '/m' 

> MS is seen as being a US proprietary company


In my more reflective moments, I oft wonder if the world's perception of
Microsoft would be different if the DoJ and the judge had been tougher on
Microsoft.   Perhaps Bush letting Microsoft off easy may have raised the
suspicion of the company in the eyes of the world.   If Bush had shown
that he was willing to punish Microsoft appropriately for its MS's felony
acts, perhaps the world might not be so wary of MS.

Now, it appears, the only way to stop Microsoft's abusive monopoly is
through the use of Open Source.

 /m



On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:52:33 +0100, adam flinton
 wrote:

>http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142411
>
>OK it's big news for us poor little 450 million strong EU types....
>
>For the mighty 250 Million person US it's of little interest.....
>
>"A European Commission working paper on linking national government IT
>systems across Europe is recommending open source software.
>
>The paper, Linking up Europe: the Importance of Interoperability for
>E-government Services, stressed that the planned European
>interoperability framework should be "based on open standards and
>encourage the use of open source software".
>
>Andy Butler, vice president at analyst Gartner, described it as "a
>loaded statement" which will be "very provocative". "
>
>
>There is a serious current going through Euro IT at the mo wrt OSS. MS
>is seen as being a US proprietary company (can't imagine where that view
>comes from).
>
>Adam

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