What Does Microsoft EU Decision Mean For Vista And Longhorn?
Blog In his press conference earlier, Microsoft Brad Smith announced that Microsoft would continue to sell the Windows Media Player-free versions of Windows - Windows XP-N and Vista-N. What we should have had was Windows-N as the default option and...
[September 17, 2007, 14:45]
Microsoft Prepares Scaled-down Windows For Europe
News This is the first time we are being required to offer to consumers a version of Windows that provides them with less value rather than more," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said in an interview on Wednesday.
[December 23, 2004, 7:35]
RealNetworks Stands Alone In Microsoft's Way
News In our minds, there were five entities that were involved in the EU case," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said in a conference call announcing the Novell settlement on Monday. The commission found that Microsoft hurt competition in the market...
[November 15, 2004, 11:10]
Microsoft Picks Its Battles
Leader In a telling comment yesterday, Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith described the media player company as "standing alone"; this is exactly the position Netscape found itself in during the browser wars.
[November 9, 2004, 11:43]
Microsoft Agrees To Change Vista Desktop Search
News We're pleased we were able to reach an agreement with all the states and the Justice Department that addresses their concerns so that everyone can move forward," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said in a statement.
[June 20, 2007, 8:37]
Microsoft's Legal Problems Not Over Yet
News In a telephone interview Tuesday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith acknowledged that the European antitrust process may have spurred the RealNetworks lawsuit toward a settlement: "To some degree those hearings also helped to sharpen those issues.
[October 12, 2005, 9:35]
Breaking News: Microsoft Dodges EU Appeal Questions
Blog TThe EU versus Microsoft press conference has just finished in Brussels and chief council for the software giant Brad Smith is doing a good job of saying a lot without saying much. He mentioned Apple's 70 percent share digital downloads as evidence...
[September 17, 2007, 14:25]
EU Court Crushes Microsoft's Antitrust Appeal
News The decision is not what we had hoped for and to say anything less would be less than candid," Brad Smith, Microsoft general counsel, said during a press conference on Monday. The Commission is also requiring Microsoft to offer an unbundled option...
[September 17, 2007, 9:21]
Small Change For Microsoft
Leader Microsoft's antitrust case began nearly 10 years ago, and a lot has changed in that time, as the company's general counsel, Brad Smith, pointed out in response to the ruling by the European Court of First Instance.
[September 17, 2007, 16:41]
Microsoft Insists Its Monopolistic Days Are Over
News In response, Microsoft plans to be more proactive in fending off such occurrences, which it described in more detail in a recent report filed with the court, Brad Smith, the software maker's general counsel, told the judge.
[December 1, 2005, 11:50]
Ballmer: Don't Stifle Innovation
News Even if one takes away the multimedia code and, as RealNetworks has suggested, installs their player in its place, there will remain over 20 features in the Windows operating system that will not function," Microsoft's chief lawyer, Brad Smith...
[March 25, 2004, 7:35]
IE Upgrade Cuts Off QuickTime
News Brad Mathis, a network security engineer from Evansville, Indiana, blamed the problem on Microsoft. Apple Computer this week said it is trying to fix a problem that prevents its QuickTime media player from working with the most recent versions of...
[August 16, 2001, 9:38]
Microsoft Set To Appeal EC Ruling
News Brad Smith, general counsel for Microsoft, said in a conference call that a final ruling is likely to drag on for many years yet. Smith revealed that Microsoft had offered to ship globally the Windows desktop operating system with both its own...
[March 24, 2004, 15:55]
Microsoft 'not Ruling Out' Further Antitrust Appeal
News Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, said he is "not ruling anything out" as the company assimilates a landmark judgement by the European Court of First Instance. The second type of conduct was "the tying of Windows Media Player with the...
[September 17, 2007, 18:07]
Microsoft Updates Vista Preview
News Brad Goldberg, general manager of Windows Client product management, said in a conference call with journalists: "Windows Vista is as much, if not more, a business release. The software behemoth had briefly posted to its Web site information that...
[February 23, 2006, 8:35]
