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Subject: A lire absolument, et à diffuser !
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:06:04 +0100
From: Alain EMPAIN <Alain.Empain@ulg.ac.be>
To: linux@lists.linuxbe.org
Voici une lettre ouverte au Department of Justice, relative au cas MS, très
claire et bien argumentée:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-01-02-002-20-OP-MS
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------------- Dear Sirs,
I am an Australian citizen with about 15 years in the computer industry. What
happens in the US vs. Microsoft antitrust case affects me professionally as
well as personally, since I am a fairly heavy user of computer software and
technology. I would like to comment on the settlement jointly proposed by the
Department of Justice and Microsoft. To be blunt, I believe the proposal is a
dishonest one that sells out the public interest. I will explain why, and
offer some guidelines for a fairer remedy.
(...)
Titres:
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1. Microsoft's main crime (not bundling, but the prevention of bundling) has
had lasting anti-competitive effects that the settlement should address but
doesn't
2. A criminal should not be allowed to keep his ill-gotten gains
3. Ill-gotten gains should not be allowed to influence the outcome of this
case
4. There is no attempt at punishment for wrongdoing
5. The economy is being used as a bogeyman to prevent punishment
Guidelines for a fair remedy :
(...)
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---------------- What will Judge Kollar-Kotelly be remembered for? Will she
be known as the one who meekly accepted an agreement that sold out the
public interest, because it was politically expedient to do so? Or will she
be remembered as the person who braved the prevailing political winds to do
the right thing and restore balance to a corrupted system?
The world is watching to see what she will do.
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Bon amusement,
Alain
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| Dr Alain EMPAIN Bioinformatique, Génétique Moléculaire B43,
| Fac. Méd. Vétérinaire, Univ. de Liège, Sart-Tilman / B-4000 Liège
| Alain.EMPAIN@ulg.ac.be
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Bon amusement,
Alain
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| Dr Alain EMPAIN Bioinformatique, Génétique Moléculaire B43,
| Fac. Méd. Vétérinaire, Univ. de Liège, Sart-Tilman / B-4000 Liège
| Alain.EMPAIN@ulg.ac.be
| WORK:+32 4 366 3821 Fax: +32 4 366 4122 GSM:+32 497 701764
| HOME:+32 85 512341 -- Rue des Martyrs,7 B-4550 Nandrin
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