Who said anything about hating microsoft & whats this got to do with them anyway? :/
It wouldnt surprise me if there was some large multi-corporate clout/US influence driving this, but Microsoft are the least likely to be telling the EU what to do until they cough up the billions in fines for unfair business practices (in fact this law could be used on MS software as well, ie; no pay-up, no release authorization). It also would not surprise me if this was nothing to do with piracy, terrorism or anything, rather just an excuse. Governements would love to have full and unconditional control over the net for a multitude of reasons.
It wouldnt surprise me if there was some large multi-corporate clout/US influence driving this, but Microsoft are the least likely to be telling the EU what to do until they cough up the billions in fines for unfair business practices (in fact this law could be used on MS software as well, ie; no pay-up, no release authorization). It also would not surprise me if this was nothing to do with piracy, terrorism or anything, rather just an excuse. Governements would love to have full and unconditional control over the net for a multitude of reasons.