On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:39:28 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> ____/ thufir on Sunday 03 August 2008 20:11 : \____
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>> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:04:54 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/04/25/microsoft_eula/
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>>> Germany, by the way, also forbids what Microsoft did to Linux last year
>>> (slander around patents without any proof... never even mind if
>>> software patents are suitable as toilet paper replacement in the
>>> country).
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>> Germany has some good laws about advertising and marketing.
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>> -Thufir
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> The UK banned Microsoft's "Get the Farts (Facts)," IIRC.
They did indeed:
http://www.cxolinux.com/linux/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=1393&cat_id=1202
The South African Advertising Agency also pulled a M$ ad, as misleading:
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2003/0303201315.asp?S=Software&A=SFT&O=FPMS
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Is a M$ "Certificate of Authenticity"
for Vista, a junk bond?
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