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Microsoft renews $100m Linux deal with Suse

The Linux-Windows server interoperability pact, originally struck between Microsoft and Novell five years ago, will... Read more

26 July, 2011 by David Meyer

Microsoft struggles to work with open source

Microsoft has responded to some of the concerns about its proposed server interoperability licence, but has not yet worked out how to stop disadvantaging... Read more

5 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft's antitrust offering 'blocks Samba'

...In this final offering, filed last week, Microsoft agreed to make some server interoperability information available royalty-free, but declined the EC's request to... Read more

8 June, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EC ends full-time antitrust monitoring of Microsoft

The European Commission is scaling back its checks on whether the software maker is complying with a 2004 ruling to share interoperability information Read more

4 March, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft's antitrust concessions are 'pointless'

A firm involved in the market testing of Microsoft's server interoperability licence on Wednesday criticised the royalty-free concessions the software giant... Read more

13 July, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft concedes royalties in antitrust offering

...European Commission (EC) revealed some of the details of Microsoft's final server interoperability offer on Monday. This offer follows the initial antitrust ruling on... Read more

6 June, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

EU rejects Microsoft's licence offer

The European Commission has rejected Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence, saying that it contained a number of serious flaws including... Read more

18 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba

...next couple of weeks to lobby for changes to Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence. Speaking to ZDNet UK this week, Samba co-creator Jeremy... Read more

4 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft won't dance with Samba

Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence - imposed on it by the EU - will shut the door... Read more

28 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Microsoft vs EC: The story so far

...a bundled media player. Nobody said anything about it having to sell. Server interoperability ping pongThe Commission also asked Microsoft to produce documentation on the... Read more

24 April, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

EC pledges to promote open standards

...for anti-competitive practices in 2004 for failing to provide adequate workgroup server interoperability information to rivals. It then fined Microsoft again in 2008 for... Read more

11 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft to appeal EC fine

...2004 decision." In 2004, the Commission ruled that Microsoft had withheld workgroup server interoperability information from competitors, The Commission fined the software giant and ordering... Read more

12 May, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft-Yahoo bid attracts regulatory 'interest'

...also clashed with Microsoft in the past over antitrust issues concerning workgroup server interoperability. The Commission is also scrutinising Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer... Read more

4 February, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft expects EC to approve Yahoo deal

...EU court ruling on the company's anti-competitive behaviour, concerning workgroup server interoperability. Microsoft indicated that it would notify the Commission about the proposed... Read more

1 February, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability deal

...SMB2 is built into Windows Server 2008. Microsoft agreed to make workgroup server interoperability information available to open-source developers in October, after complying with... Read more

21 December, 2007 by Tom Espiner

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