> this will be the first full-bodied version of Windows that won't (initially) be susceptible to viruses and malware

Yes, because as everybody knows, the first thing an Office macro virus does is check the underlying platform.

Knowing how to spell is orthogonal to how you're writing. What are you asking exactly?

> because they think it'll get them in good with the media companies. Videotron *is* a media company. It is tightly integrated in the Quebecor empire, the biggest media conglomerate in Quebec. Quebecor owns the biggest private TV network (TVA), the biggest newspaper (Journal de Montreal), biggest CD/DVD/etc. stores (Archambault)... Videotron itself is just a pawn. They are a tool to serve as a provider of the Empire's content, not to serve customers.

Regardless of the merits of the case, am I the only who thinks that this is just a ploy from some people who want a "get out of jail free" card to avoid a conviction and penalites that they rightfully deserved? I mean, you were drunk, you drove, you got caught. Live with it. Reminds of an ex-colleague who tried to get out of a parking ticket because the "5" of his license plate on the hand-written ticket could have been confused for a "6" (i.e. "how can I know this ticket if for my car, you honor"). Shut up and pay. If I were a judge, I would take these people in for perjury and contempt.

While it does not explain everything, software costs more in Europe because the cost of doing business is higher than in North America, plain and simple. Salaries, social charges, rent, taxes, etc., everything is more expensive.