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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (241543)	9/30/2007 2:14:55 PM
From: fastpathguru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

>> Sure, ill gotten marketshare. Can you support your contention that "ill gotten" is the only kind of market share that is objectionable to Neelie Kroes (Member of the European Commission in charge of Competition) ? No, and I don't have to. I only need to show that it's Microsoft's ill-gotten market share. Since you're the one generalizing Microsoft's situation to Intel, assuming I can do so puts the burden of proof on you to support your theory that Kroes is simply after high marketshare companies other than Microsoft. With quotes from interviews, not dreamweavings from your rich imagination. I posted refrences that show the objection to be to market share itself. Can you show these refrences to be not applicable or false ? No, you showed me what they expect to happen after Microsoft's abuses are curtailed. Onward... Google "kroes microsoft", first hit: guardian.co.uk Kroes: Microsoft abusing position * David Gow in Brussels * The Guardian * Friday March 23 2007 Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner, threatened Microsoft with punitive fines again yesterday, accusing the world's biggest software group of continuing to abuse its dominant position. She told MEPs: "Microsoft is constantly gaining market share and that is what is worrying me in the work group server market ... As a consequence of your abusive behaviour you are getting positive results for the company - that's not acceptable." That wasn't too hard. You are misrepresenting the EC's issue with Microsoft. It is not their high marketshare, though their high marketshare is a red flag. The issue is with Microsoft's abuse of its dominant position. fpg