From: "Geo." 

I still don't get the issue. Linux is free, for MS to do something wrong
wouldn't they have to be cheaper? I mean just matching the price of a
competitor is what I would call being competitive. Did MS pay someone to
use windows?

Somehow, I don't see MS lowering the price of Windows to match Linux as a bad thing.

Geo. (actually I'd like to see that happen, start with the CAL price)

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3eca3ebb{at}w3.nls.net...
> >"A controversial Microsoft program offering discounts to win
> > business from lower-priced competitors has only been used twice in
Europe
> > since July, the company's top lawyer said yesterday.
>
> Gak, just because they've only did it twice, the EU antitrust people
> shouldn't go after them.  VERY bad logic on their part.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.05.20.14.37.51.300547{at}austin.rr.com...
> >
> >
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14517-2003May20.html?nav=hptoc_t
n
> >
> > By Cynthia L. Webb
> > washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
> > Tuesday, May 20, 2003; 9:38 AM
> >
> > Microsoft's use of aggressive sales practices to defeat competition for
> > other operating systems, namely the open-source Linux platform, have put
> > the company in potential hot water again.
> >
> > Already under the microscope in Europe for alleged anticompetitive
> > behavior, the company's business practices have been criticized again
> > following a report in The International Herald Tribune last week
detailing
> > internal company e-mails and memos that indicated Microsoft would offer
> > steep discounts to take business away from cheaper competitors,
including
> > Linux.
> >
> > In a follow-up piece in The Seattle Times today, Microsoft does some
> > backpedaling. "A controversial Microsoft program offering discounts to
win
> > business from lower-priced competitors has only been used twice in
Europe
> > since July, the company's top lawyer said yesterday. The revelation
could
> > be part of an effort to mute calls for a new European Commission
antitrust
> > investigation," the newspaper reported. "I have a great deal of
confidence
> > this program has not in any way inappropriate impact on commerce in the
> > European Union," Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president
and general
> > counsel, told The Seattle Times.
> >
> > --
> >
>
>

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