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Breaking news: Microsoft press conference on EU ruling
Blog I'm back in the office from a trip to Nairobi to look at how PCs from the West can be re-used in developing countries - and easing backing into the news agenda is not an option given the EU's ruling against Microsoft this morning.
[September 17, 2007, 13:34]
Microsoft will comply with EU antitrust ruling
News Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anticompetition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the software industry" according to Neelie Kroes, European commissioner for competition policy.
[October 22, 2007, 16:10]
Microsoft bows to EU antitrust ruling
Blog Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anticompetition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the software industry" according to European commissioner for competition policy Neelie Kroes.
[October 22, 2007, 14:35]
EU sets court date for Microsoft ruling
News Microsoft's first action will undoubtedly be to ask the EU Court of First Instance to suspend the ruling until its long, drawn-out case with the EU is completed in three or four years. European Union (EU) regulators have set a deadline of 22 March...
[March 16, 2004, 16:20]
EU ruling already too late?
Talkback I personally think that RealOne and all of the Real software applications are jokes, and bundling WMP with Windows is the best option, because the application is so much better and can do so much more for a normal home user.
[February 6, 2004, 22:21]
EU ruling already too late?
Talkback I personally think that RealOne and all of the Real software applications are jokes, and bundling WMP with Windows is the best option, because the application is so much better and can do so much more for a normal home user.
[February 6, 2004, 22:21]
EU ruling already too late?
Talkback REAL lost their chance at converting me when they decided my computer was theirs as well.far too much extraneous spyware for me to ever let them on my system again.
[February 7, 2004, 5:33]
Microsoft: We'll comply with EU ruling
Talkback They deserve everything they got.
[December 22, 2004, 19:59]
Microsoft EU ruling expected this week
Talkback Well, Neelie, if Microsoft is that innovative then name without any error just five things Microsoft truly innovated (not the proposed EU Software Patent wise) before anyone else in the last ten years.
[December 20, 2004, 17:53]
Microsoft: We'll comply with EU ruling
Talkback There is some inteligence here (in EU) http://www.worldlii.org/eu/cases/ECComm/2004/1.html Case COMP/C-3/37.792 Microsoft is more about interoperativity than a media player, but there is now a smoke screen about it.
[December 23, 2004, 8:33]
Microsoft: We'll comply with EU ruling
Talkback Ohooo how wonderfull this court rulling! Not really. Microsoft is very keen to *licence* their stuff out to other companies. Goto Slashdot and dig a bit and read up how the Microsoft licence sticks together for *licensing* stuff.
[December 22, 2004, 23:13]
Microsoft EU antitrust ruling
Talkback Nothing to be concerned about, Microsoft has the best judges money can buy.
[July 18, 2007, 15:03]
EU sets court date for Microsoft ruling
Talkback Why are Microsoft so worried about the prospect of competing with Real Networks, Apple Quicktime, etc? Surely if their media player software's so good it should be able to stand on its own two feet? Suddenly the desperation seems obvious.
[March 17, 2004, 9:45]
EU sets court date for Microsoft ruling
Talkback If I were Bill Gates I would say FINE. Use any operating software you would like. Then I would say when ever you decide to use Microsoft the $$ will be double!
[March 16, 2004, 16:48]
Microsoft: We'll comply with EU ruling
News The move follows Microsoft's failed appeal to the European Court of First Instance to get the EC sanctions suspended until the full appeal against the competition ruling is heard next year. Microsoft argued that releasing the protocols to...
[December 22, 2004, 14:45]
Microsoft ruling: EU court statement
News The European Court of First Instance said on Monday that it upheld the European Commission's antitrust decision against Microsoft, in what could prove to be a crucial regulatory landmark. The Court dismissed Microsoft's appeal on all substantive...
[September 17, 2007, 10:07]
EC hits Microsoft with record £680m fine
News After the EU ruling, Microsoft made the information available but charged royalties, which the EU has argued are excessive. The new fine, announced on Wednesday, far exceeds the original penalty imposed in 2004, and leaves other EU actions open.
[February 27, 2008, 11:31]
EC demands Microsoft compliance 'within weeks'
News Microsoft is under growing pressure to comply with the European antitrust ruling within a matter of weeks, an EU spokesman said on Wednesday. The EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes met Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the end of April to...
[May 11, 2005, 16:15]
Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
Talkback this ruling applies only in the EU countries. Chris Rankin :" suppose the EU's legal requirement that MS provide a version of XP without Windows Media Player means that MS is blocked from welding Media Player into the OS.
[June 27, 2005, 23:17]
MS faces tougher battle in Europe
News Our sources are concerned that the EU may perceive the appeals court ruling as an opportunity to adopt a 'heavy handed' approach against Microsoft," Solomon Smith Barney analyst Richard Gardner wrote in a Tuesday research report.
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