NoSoftwarePatents: EC Acted in Collusion with Microsoft, Says High-Profile Austrian MEP

“A high-profile MEP has said that the European Commission acted
in collusion with Microsoft when earlier this week it declined the
European Parliament’s request for a restart of the legislative
process concerning the software patent directive. Dr. Maria Berger,
the leader of the Austrian social democratic delegation in the EP
and the coordinator of the second-largest parliamentary group (PSE)
in the Legal Affairs Committee, said in a press release that ‘the
Commission might end up paying dearly for its rash collusion with
Microsoft.’ In her opinion, the Commission adopted the position of
Microsoft founder Bill Gates on the subject ‘without further
thought.’ Gates had visited the Commission and the EP in
February…”

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