Microsoft hints at delay of Vista in Europe

The software company raises the possibility it might delay the introduction of Vista in Europe due to antitrust requirements.

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[lingsun]

They should just tell Europe to stick it

They should just tell Europe to stick it. It doesn't matter what Microsoft does. Europe is still out to rob MS.

[Peter Bonte]

I hope they do

So Europe can move over to osX, i bet this would be very
tempting for Apple to license there OS.

[qwerty75]

Rob them?

Do you even understand what the EU is doing.

They are stopping a monopoly, and trying to get MS to publish all documentation for its API's, so everyone is on a level playing field. You can not steal an API, but you probably don't have the first clue what and API is.

[ppgreat]

And the winner: Europe!

The headline should read: "Microsoft hints at blackmail with delay
of Vista in Europe."

[Captain_Spock]

If The "WINDOWS" Are Not Broken....

... then why try to fix them! Interestingly, this article states that the; >>>"European parliament members Chris Heaton-Harris, Sharon Bowles, Peter Skinner and Michal Kaminski wrote to the EU competition chief on Thursday, saying the Commission was endangering the ability of European business to compete.

"It is alarming that one of the world's most successful technology companies considers the European Commission's attitude a risk factor,"<<< when on the flip side it was the apparent incompetence of the European financial, economic and technical management abilities that cause the "Supersonic Transport System" (the CONCORDE Project) to be moth balled when there are signs at this time that the world may someday soon see an emergence of a "QUIET" SUPERSONIC FLEET OF CARRIERS" to enable the persons around the world to travel at "WARP SPEEDS" (how about the further development and deployment of OS/2 and LINUX) with the aid the same "WINDOWS" whose development the European Commission is apparently attempting to stifle (causing self-inflicted wounds) at the expense of the social, economic and technological advancement of its "own" Community. :-( :-( :-(

[Carion]

If The "WINDOWS" Are Not Broken....

Vista = "social, economic and technological advancement"
Great joke man,
Keep 'm coming....

[alba tross]

Wow

Microsoft are the purveyors of raw sewerage both verbal and product wise! Go Ballmer! The EU are not preventing MicroSloth from releasing Vista (more's the pity) it's just yet another PR stunt by the fat in the head behemoth. Was Windows XP prevented from release during the previous 40 rounds of anti-trust litigation despite the similarities? Thought not. They just released service packs to remove the smelly stuff from the original release. They can do the same in Europe. But poor diddly little MicroSloth is being picked on by the evil rampaging Europeans! Aw! I only wish it were true. Come 2007 and open the flood gates ready for the unfinished Vista to drown us all... we're doomed! we're all doomed I tells ya!

[richto]

wow - at the ignorance

Service packs for XP dont remove anything.

Please dont bother to comment on subjects you clearly dont understand.

[john55440]

MS Just Posturing...

MS isn't about to do anything that would reduce the sales of Vista.

[WJeansonne]

EU's Carrot and Stick Approach is Ridiculous

The EU's socialist agenda (including supporting the open source movement) is obviously preventing Microsoft from selling Windows in Europe by putting up all sorts of roadblocks or conditions for the sale of the OS. What a joke.

[DeusExMachina]

Not at all "obvious"

The idea that MS is prevented by ANYTHING form selling
Windows in Europe is what is ridiculous.
And BTW, the EUs "socialist agenda" has resulted in a the best
infant survival rate in the world, as compared to the US having
the HIGHEST infant mortality rate in the industrialized world, the
highest education standards, as opposed to the US,which ranks
near the bottom, equivalent worker productivity rates, higher
citizen satisfaction, better access to better healthcare, and any
number of other amenities the current US approach has failed to
deliver.

[qwerty75]

Socialist agenda?

What does software licensing-which conforms completely to copyright law, a great capitalist tool-have to do with socialism?

I swear, you MS fans are completely ignorant.

[Captain_Spock]

VISTA TODAY FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD;...

... LATER FOR EUROPE!!! In the competitive world in which we live today - it is either you lead, follow the rest of the pack; or, drop out of the race all together. Just how nations in Eurpoe can succeed in space exploration projects based on resources located in the "Americas" and still think that the "Americas" and the rest of the world will wait on Europe to determine their social and economic encounter with destiny would be like waiting to see which nations in the world would be the first to come face-to-face with beings from another galaxy. Microsoft should say Bye! Bye! to Europe - "VISTA" (SIGHTINGS, VISIONS, "WORLD CUP CRICKET"...) TODAY FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD; LATER FOR EUROPE! ;-) ;-) ;-)

[qwerty75]

Exactly!

Too bad you miss the irony of your comment:

"it is either you lead, follow the rest of the pack; or, drop out of the race all together. "

That is exactly what MS is doing. They are following the pack. Vista is a poorly implemented collection of things that have been available elsewhere, for years. MS has also dropped features so it could be released only a few years late, and those features have been available for decades!

MS is irrelevant. And with the upcoming release of Vista, they will be even more irrelevant.

The world is saying bye bye to MS.

[rcrusoe]

Delaying Vista for the EU is no big deal

I've not read of a single company that is in a hurry to run Vista. It's
hardware requirements virtually eliminate upgrading current
machines.

Smart users will wait until SP1 before thinking about Vista.

If MS does delay vista's release, they will probably be doing the EU
a big favor.

[qwerty75]

If MS were smart

All the useless graphical crap will be totally optional, as in you don't even have to install it.

XP adoption wasn't even close to widespread and Vista will be even slower and far less pervasive. About 50% of the windows world is running XP, I bet the numbers for that will only drop slightly in the next two years, and the size of the windows world in general will shrink considerably.

[Captain_Spock]

HISTORY....

... has a strange way of repeating itself! "Smart users will wait until SP1 before thinking about Vista" Huh!; Early users of "IBM's OS/2" were waiting; and, are still waiting on Microsoft to deliver on OS/2 advancements. What a sad day it would have been for Europe if it had not quickly acquire the "computing capabilities" to aid in the elimination of the "threat" posed by "Adolph Hitler's" Germany. This time around it appears that European Housing, Clothes, Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners (even the US's Auto Industry) are being threatened by places like India, China (maybe, the airline manufacturing industries like "AIRBUS" next) and yet Europe appears to think it is too early in the morning to wake up and start smelling the "coffee"! (by wanting to "wait until SP1 before thinking about Vista")!!!

[zxocuteboy]

Microsoft Should Just Give UP

Vista is gonna suck anyways...

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