Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal
by jirukun on Sep.17, 2007, under *nix, Computer, Personal, Windoz
It’s out, IT’S OUT!! 
Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m
euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a
long-running competition dispute.The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position.
A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of
freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media
players.Microsoft has two months to appeal at the European Court of Justice.
“The Court of First Instance essentially upholds the
Commission’s decision finding that Microsoft abused its dominant
position,” the court’s statement said.
Microsoft’s top lawyer said it was important now for the
company to comply with EU competition law, but that it had not yet
decided on its next legal steps.
Now that M$ was dealt another blow to their monopoly tacktics I wonder what they will come up with? Will they start playing fair or will they find another loop hole in the legal system to continue with their ways?! Time will tell.
In the mean time, I found this last night (or was it this morning? 
)
It’s called Wubi and it will permit you to install Ubunutu on Windows (I really can’t find a valid reason other than) to test out it’s funcionality.
Please try it out and let me know if works or not 
(I can’t test it since I don’t have Windows :p )
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