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The EU Rules Against Microsoft! - (Why do we even bother?)
From ZDNet:
"Microsoft suffered a stunning defeat on Monday when a European Union court backed a European Commission ruling that the U.S. software giant illegally abused its market power to crush competitors.
The European Union's second-highest court dismissed the company's appeal on all substantive points of the 2004 antitrust ruling."

I must restrain myself here..... (or so the lawyers say):
My opinions of European governments, laws, culture, socialist dogma, infrastructure, deodorants, styles and stupidity are well known. Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-european, I am just against stupidity! Whether it comes from Apple, IBM or the EU Competition Commission.

How can we stop people from buying our products?
How can we cease to be a monopoly when our customers make us that?
If we are put in a position of dominance, shouldn't we dominate?
Shouldn't we crush the small companies which threaten what our customers clearly want,- US?

"Microsoft must now comply fully with its legal obligations to desist from engaging in anticompetitive conduct. The Commission will do its utmost to ensure that Microsoft complies swiftly," - Neelie Kroes (EU greasy lawyer) said in a statement.

Hey Neelie! "Neelie", lol, What cha' gonna do if I just close down all of our operations over there?
That would solve a lot of our problems, wouldn't it?
You would no longer have to worry about MS and we would no longer have to worry about guys like you constantly whining and sucking us dry!
I'm gonna give this option some serious thought. Who needs that funny pink, green and blue money of you people's anyways?

Just thinking out loud.

They still are having problems delivering the documentation for how their protocols actually work, even after 3 years.

And yes, if MS decided to give up the multi-billion dollar Euro market, they would have short term pain. BUT, I would bet it wouldn't last a year, as then other vendors would have a chance to compete on a much more level playing field.

Who is John Galt?