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To: fastpathguru who wrote (255064)	8/1/2008 7:47:14 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

FPG, > Yes we have been over this before, and yes I have. The only phrase in that post that even comes close (but not close enough) to what I was asking for is this: > There's a whole EC decision against Microsoft that actually does itemize the abuses, which you are continuously ignoring. But that doesn't jibe with the fact that the "abuse" itself was one of potential, not of actual damage: > At stake is Microsoft's market share in the rapidly growing home entertainment market. At the moment, no one company is dominant and Microsoft is facing stiff competition in this arena, but the EU is concerned about the software giant's control of this market in the future. cnn.com In other words, because of Microsoft's dominant position, the EU has already prejudged Microsoft to be too powerful and thus have placed fines and restrictions on Microsoft's ability to enter markets in which Microsoft did not have any monopoly power at the time. That's the whole gist of Neelie Kroes' arguments, that anyone with Intel or Microsoft's amount of market share simply has too much power. Your attempt to introduce "nuance" and "context" into Kroes' argument falls short, because from what I read, Kroes' draws a clear connection between market power and malice. Tenchusatsu