Comment Re:Protectionist? Who are they protecting then? (Score 1) 322
Valid point, there aren't any major European competitors for Microsoft at the moment. However, I dredged up Airbus v. Boeing not to show how the EU deals with anything resembling competition from American companies, but more to show that the EU regulatory commission is far from the impartial arbiter of justice that people seem to be touting it as. It's a political body more than it is a judicial body, which was the point of that analogy.
However, the suit doesn't just have to be to foster European competition -- anything that hurts a company which is obviously the favored child of the US government (after that joke handling of the antitrust case, who could doubt that) is considered beneficial to the EU. Don't believe the politics are that petty? Read the Airbus v. Boeing case.
By the way, I love the troll moderation on my original post (I have no idea if it was by surfingmarmot or not, just a general comment) since you disagreed with my ideas. Read the moderation guidelines, please.
However, the suit doesn't just have to be to foster European competition -- anything that hurts a company which is obviously the favored child of the US government (after that joke handling of the antitrust case, who could doubt that) is considered beneficial to the EU. Don't believe the politics are that petty? Read the Airbus v. Boeing case.
By the way, I love the troll moderation on my original post (I have no idea if it was by surfingmarmot or not, just a general comment) since you disagreed with my ideas. Read the moderation guidelines, please.
