[diskussion] Ny Microsoft

[Jens Odsvall]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 02:47:36PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
> 
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> 
> >> De kommer säkerligen, till att satsa än hårdare nu efter domen i EG.
> >> Att försöka döda den konkurrensen, det kommer bara att te sig
> >> annorlunda.
> >
> > Antagligen ännu hårdare på patentfronten om jag får gissa. Är ju bästa
> > vapnet för att behålla tvångsgreppet om man tvingas att vara öppen.
> 
> Hopefully the patent reforms that are being done in the United States  
> will prevent the worst abuse, however the United States government is  
> largely under the control of corporations who often write the laws.  
> Microsoft has a well funded lobbying arm and various organizations  
> under its control (BSA for example) that it can use to manipulate the  
> legal system. Microsoft survives largely because the legal system in  
> the US is captive to the business community. Do not expect this to  
> change any time soon.
> 
> We need to make sure that the EU does not allow patents on software,  
> (it is not needed since software is already protected under  
> copyright. Software would be the only thing in the world under  
> copyright AND patent.)
> 
> However, the EU does have the competition committee and Neelie Kroes,  
> so all is not lost. (Yet.) If companies like Phillips get their way  
> however, patents and other onerous business practices will eventually  
> erode the control over commerce in Europe as well. Let us not forget  
> that it is large companies from the United States that have brought  
> the complaint against Microsoft to the legal arena here in the EU. So  
> while we benefit from legal action against MS, we allow other large  
> companies to manipulate the legal system. This is an extremely  
> dangerous threat to democracy in Europe.
> 
> 	Jeremiah
> 
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Hear Hear.
Absolutely Jeremiah. Nothing in the media. So nothing is happening.
So how to solve it, when the media isn't listening?

/Jens
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