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It is a side effect of the 'release early, release often' philosophy in the open source world. The alternative is to accumulate fixes into a 'service pack' type bundle, leaving a longer period...
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Erik Funkenbusch wrote on Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:14:20 -0600 Disclaimer: I actually had to...
It's not the people of S. Korea demanding anything - it's one abusive government department with a few ambitious bureaucrats latching onto a non-issue because they saw the EU get away with it.
What for? It's not like anyone will buy a 'reduced' version of Windows when they can get the full version for the same price, or even a few won more.
How would you know a single thing about false subsidies (whatever those are) or market distortions? In fact, the market for OS's in S. Korea, as in all developed countries, is dominated by Windows because there was not then and there is not now a compebreastive offering.
It's not a threat. It's a business decision. I would LOVE to see MS follow through on it, though I doubt they will.
The pressure from the public for a Korean-language version of Vista will easily be enough to make the Korean FTC reverse its decision, and maybe even provide some financial incentives for MS to come back.
They already look bad. They look stupid, as do the EU regulators for trying to use the government to make changes in the marketplace that should be dictated by Consumer Debt decisions.
So? The government is already working against the interests of its own people - in Korea, in the EU, and here in the US.
So is abusing government power. Those Korean bureaucrats should be sacked right away.