Nickname: Deep Blue

Review: Zaphraud is right. Microsoft did not revolutionalze very much. Most innovation came from other companies. Microsoft's legal team ensures its dominance. This article even permissively suggests that it is OK for Microsoft not to comply with rulings. Come on people, get rid of your dependence on Microsoft and its mediocre and leaky operating system! There are alternatives to balance the computing ecosystem.

Date reviewed: Dec 26, 2005 6:14 AM

Nickname: softhead

Review: Microsoft has all the rights to its hard-earned intellectual properties. Intellectual property should be respected as much as the physical properties. Otherwise, the world as we know will fall apart.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 4:15 PM

Nickname: NKV

Review: While prolonging the case may work in favor of Microsoft, the company should nevertheless focus on its customers in the region. In the long run, the perception of Microsoft among the people will determine its destiny.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 8:11 AM

Nickname: Moba

Review: Everyone knows Microsoft revolutionized the computer industry and so many people around the world use its products daily, meaning almost the entire global businesses depends one or more of Microsoft's products. Microsoft has the right to defend its market position and its abusive monopolist practices will not entirely go away as long as it controls such a large portions of the market. Unfortunately the result of all this is that Microsoft also is responsible for killing innovation as small companies with even better ideas have very little possibility to compete with such a giant. I feel attacking the software giant is probably not going to solve much of this problem. Perhaps an effective way could be to reduce taxes on smaller companies that are trying to create similar products offered by Microsoft.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 8:09 AM

Nickname: Dank

Review: You repeatedly mislead your readers by saying that the EC requested any code! The EC did not request the release of *any* Microsoft source code; they only requested documentation about communication protocols, which is a very different thing. As the EC said in their IP/04/382 press release, "The interfaces do not concern the Windows source code as this is not necessary to achieve the development of interoperable products." So please, get your story straight, and stop making it sound like the EC wants Microsoft to give away their software!

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 7:04 AM

Nickname: zaphraud

Review: More than anything else, this is just another example of how Microsoft is allowed to pay a pittance in exchange for permission to break the law whenever it sees the need. Even in countries that have everything to lose and nothing to gain from Microsoft's continued market dominance.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 5:44 AM

Nickname: Perhaps Unfair

Review: Yeah, and Airbus get interest-free loans to develop aircraft against Boeing. Tell that to the thousands of Seattlite's who will lose thier jobs. Don't call California sparkling wine Champagne. That would be against the law. Nice to have it both ways.

Date reviewed: Dec 23, 2005 5:13 AM