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"Preface" [2010] ELECD 470; in Rubini, Luca (ed), "Microsoft on Trial" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)

Book Title: Microsoft on Trial

Editor(s): Rubini, Luca

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848442443

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 6

Extract:

Preface
A little elephant is very keen on skating. She practises on and on, improves
and begins participating in various contests taking place on the little village
lake in winter time. With age (and practice) our little elephant grows and
grows and becomes quite a physical presence on the little lake and in the
speed and free skating competitions. In the local rural community, skating
is a very much practised and extremely dreamed of activity. Worries and
complaints about the weight and size of the elephant are increasingly
voiced by contenders and viewers. Although big she is very fast and agile
in both speed and free racing and often outclasses her competitors. Her
magnitude, however, is often seen as a serious obstacle to contenders and
a danger to the solidity of the ice level. Local villagers have mixed views.
They enjoy the muscular and confident style of the elephant to which
they are very much accustomed. At the same time, they seem to share the
same worries about the fairness of the races and the overall condition of
their lake. They want to keep enjoying this old, good sport. What shall be
done? Should the elephant be prohibited to participate in skating sports
altogether or, less drastically, should the rules of the game be reviewed
to allow a fairer and less perilous sporting activity that is appreciated by
so many? And, if so, how should the skating sports in this mountain lake
be regulated? Is there a dramatic choice between ...