Hungary’s Competition Office (GVH) on Wednesday said it dropped a procedure against Microsoft Magyarorszag for giving software distributors incentives to offer its own products.
GVH said Microsoft Magyarorszag did not require exclusivity in turn for the incentives.
GVH started to investigate Microsoft Magyarorszag in July 2007.
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Interesting indeed –
Would have loved to have seen Hungary bite Microsoft, and not
kiss up to it.
The E.U. did a good job…better than stateside where Bill ownes
the gov. lol
Again, I will put it plain…Im definitely not a nationalist of any
country. (More of a globalist…lets come together.)
What I would say is keep it simple.
Keep trash out and bring innovation in.
To much trash (Tesco type companies, etc. are coming in.)
With the heritage that Hungary has (pre-communist), a heritiage
that has quality to it…its a shame to see it being dummed down
by western companies. (yes Im from the west.)
Pick and choose, but get the cream of the crop and be a leader
once again…and stop following. You were once a kingdom
Hungary – set the example as to what society can offer.
Catch that western dream, but dont let it turn into a
consumerism nightmare of poorly manufactured products that
stamp out competition before it can surface.
Peace
Well, Tesco & co will do well in Hungary if they stick with the cheapo sale mode. Average hungrian doesn’t care much about qualities when the price is cheap. That explains why the chinese imports dominate the textile markets here. Few are those who still support local production.
I totally disagree with you Mike. In general, the Western companies offer better quality products and services e.g. compare Citibank to OTP, Tesco to CBA. The worst of the worst here are the state-owned companies – Magyar Posta and MAV – and the local plumbers, carpenters etc. who charge a pittance for poor service because that is what they think customers expect. Indeed, for the average Hungarian, a low price is the main criterium for choosing a product or service, with quality being relatively unimportant. The other commenter is right: in the UK, Tesco dominates the broad middle of the market and some of their stores are very upmarket, but in Hungary they can only survive with a low price/low quality offering.
As for your remark about Hungary once being a Kingdom, don’t make me laugh. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was hardly an example to follow in the 19th century, let alone in the 21st!
Hey John,
I see your point indeed.
Overall I suppose what I was getting at – albeit poorly it seems –
is that it would be nice to see the best of the best invest in
Hungary.
There are cool things here – houses for example.
Stateside, I can put my butt through the wall of a house.
(Actually did by accident when I fell.)
Here the wall is over a foot thick where I live of brick…it would
tear me up before I get to it.
So I suppose what I was trying to get at, is that there are
strengths in Hungary – though I admit a lot of it is pre-
communism like the movie industry as an example…and it
would be nice to see the strengths of the west meet with that of
what is here in Hungary.
Indeed, as far as one of your comments…I had a Hungarian build
me a beautiful wood door – cost a good deal of money, and it
got messed up in no time due to how he constructed it and what
type of material he used. (actually an in-law…but this is his
business so you would have thought different about the quality.)
Anyway, there does appear to be a lack of skill in many trade
areas compared to what you see stateside for example.
(i.e., though the american houses are made of wood frames, etc.
they can be pretty precise with the details – to bad the materials
cant be matched with the precision…and face brick doesnt
count.)
Food markets – I got used to whole foods stateside – it was fun,
like going out and having an opportunity to relax and eat there if
I wanted and not just shop. Anyway
John,
Maybe this clears up where I was coming from a bit more with the
Hungarian empire bit…
Long time ago, people took time to build things right.
Look at the pyramids…they are old, but still standing.
(Cant say what will be left of todays architect in a few years.)
Most stuff as you seemed to have pointed out as well, is quickly
served and about price. And I suppose your right, the Hungarian
market looks at price first and foremost. (though with the 67k
forint they get each month, its no wonder.)
Peace
“Look at the pyramids…they are old, but still standing.”
Pyramids. What a waste of time, effort, space and stone, and all that to house one dead dude. We can do much better today. Most buildings are not supposed to last forever, only the pretty ones, like castles and such.
A pyramid is just an ugly, crumbling, pile of stone, get over it.