Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 15, 2004 08:48 AM
How confused can Microsoft really be what kind of sponsorship they're talking about when the Irish Presidency <A HREF="http://www.eu2004.ie/sitetools/sponsorship.asp" TITLE="eu2004.ie">explicitly mentions Microsoft as their sponsor</a eu2004.ie> ?
Plus their entire European operation is <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/aboutus/" TITLE="microsoft.com">run from Ireland</a microsoft.com>: " Today, over one hundred different software products are localised into twenty-seven different European and South American languages at Microsoft's European Product Development Centre (EPDC) in Dublin". They do have a considerable cloud within Irelands goverment and they're using it to bypass the European Parlement that has already defeated this far-reaching software patent law. Denying this is extremely dishonest.
I can't even blame Ireland for trying this (Microsoft did kickstart Irelands economy), but I can blame other European governments (with few exceptions) for going allong with it.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 15, 2004 08:48 AMPlus their entire European operation is <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/aboutus/" TITLE="microsoft.com">run from Ireland</a microsoft.com>: " Today, over one hundred different software products are localised into twenty-seven different European and South American languages at Microsoft's European Product Development Centre (EPDC) in Dublin". They do have a considerable cloud within Irelands goverment and they're using it to bypass the European Parlement that has already defeated this far-reaching software patent law. Denying this is extremely dishonest.
I can't even blame Ireland for trying this (Microsoft did kickstart Irelands economy), but I can blame other European governments (with few exceptions) for going allong with it.
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