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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
This happens, the EU will probably block it. They've sued Microsoft enough times to want to prevent something like this.
Does not apply here.

EU has repeatedly sued Microsoft for abusing monopoly status. In example when they make their media player integrated in the OS in a way that no other media player is allowed to be.

However, Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly in cell phone hardware or software. Thus they wouldn't be abusing it. There's no law against big companies in EU.

Anyway, it's not like Microsoft ever cared. They usually just change a letter in a title and a few definitions, and waits for EU to reevaluate from scratch, which will take a couple of years. By which time Microsoft has a new OS anyway.
 

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