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U.S. tried to lobby E.u. to be nicer to Microsoft.
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olePigeon
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Sep 26, 2006, 12:59 PM
 
US government 'lobbied EC' over Microsoft fine - ZDNet UK News

And her response, which I thought summed up the whole thing nicely:

"The commissioner criticised the approach. 'This is of course an intervention which is not possible,' Kroes told Dutch newspaper Financieele Dagblad this week. When asked if she was annoyed by the Embassy's approach, she said 'In my work, I cannot have a preference. I have, however, a personal opinion, but that is for Saturday night.'"

She's so cool.
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Sep 26, 2006, 01:11 PM
 
The US Government surely does enjoys Microsoft's wang.
     
olePigeon  (op)
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Sep 26, 2006, 06:06 PM
 
It's just sickening how obviously corrupt our system is right now. The E.C. is trying to set an example as an effective legislative force. I'm glad they're setting their example on Microsoft. I have no delusions that in 100 years they'll probably be just as bad as the U.S. when it comes to "soft money" and "donations" from corporations.
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