__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 25 September 2006 15:48 \__
> On Monday 25 September 2006 15:28 Richard Rasker wrote:
>
>> Ah, goodie! Another Microsoft sponsored Study! And boy oh boy, is it a
>> beauty: "The Economic Impact of Microsoft Windows Vista".
>>
>> Vista may be the Hummer among OS'es: guzzling inordinate amounts of
>> recources to offer nothing more substantial than a shiny new coat of
>> paint, but that's not the point. It's Good for the Economy - at least if
>> we may believe IDG:
>>
>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000097
>>
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/c/1/bc15f052-f970-405f-b691-5d0052410b42/203326Euro.pdf
>>
>> Ah yes, a *hundred thousand* new jobs, and *forty billion euros* worth of
>> hardware, software and services changing hands - and all that in only six
>> countries, in the first year of its introduction. Marvellous!
>
> (snip)
>
> You do realise who this is particularly aimed at - and that she's already
> commented on it?:-)
FWIW:
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| EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes on Tuesday rejected an accusation she
| was pursuing a vendetta against U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp.
| and suspected a "coordinated campaign" to discredit her agency.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/060919/microsoft_eu.html?.v=3
She could be the next Judge Jackson.
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