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Still 'no Demand' For Media-player-free Windows
Talkback The European Commission forced them to do so, now MS have got XPN.it's not MS fault that nobody buyes it ;-)
[November 19, 2005, 10:02]
Media Player-less Windows Finally Named
News Microsoft will rename a product it was ordered by the European Commission to offer - a version of Windows with its media player removed. Earlier this year, Microsoft said it was working with the commission on naming options after antitrust...
[March 29, 2005, 8:55]
RealNetworks Cries Foul Over Microsoft Antitrust Case
News RealNetworks has criticised Microsoft for failing to provide a fully functional version of Windows that is unbundled from its media player, twelve months after the European Commission (EC) ruled that Microsoft was stifling competition in the...
[March 23, 2005, 16:40]
EC Freezes Microsoft's Punishment
News The European Commission has temporarily suspended an order requiring Microsoft to begin to offer a version of Windows without a media player this week. Microsoft has filed a 100-page appeal before asking the court to annul the European Commission's...
[June 28, 2004, 8:45]
Still 'no Demand' For Media-player-free Windows
News Microsoft started offering a version of Windows without a bundled media-player, known as Windows XP N, in June this year, to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission. A European Commission spokesman refused to comment on...
[November 18, 2005, 14:30]
Pricing Scuppers Media Player-free XP
News The European Commission's attempt to increase competition by forcing Microsoft to offer a version of Windows XP without its Media Player looks increasingly forlorn, with many retailers and computer resellers now having indicated they won't sell...
[June 27, 2005, 17:15]
Microsoft May Delay Response To EC
News In talking with content owners and content providers, the commission said it found that "the ubiquity of Windows Media Player on PCs artificially skews their development incentives in favour of Microsoft," confirming its initial conclusion that...
[September 17, 2003, 14:45]
Microsoft Vs EC: The Story So Far
News Nine months after the Commission ruled that Microsoft should produce a version of Windows without a bundled-in media player, the European Court of First Instance backed up the request. But on that day in March '04, the Commission hammered its stake...
[April 24, 2006, 13:20]
EU Upholds Microsoft Penalties
News Bo Vesterdorf, the court's president, said that Microsoft must comply with penalties the European Commission imposed in March even as the company's appeal wends its way through the system. Microsoft had engaged in settlement talks just before the...
[December 22, 2004, 9:55]
Microsoft Ready To Respond To EU Charges
News Last month, the European Commission said it was inclined to force Microsoft to give greater technical information to server rivals and to loosen the ties between its media player and the Windows operating system.
[September 30, 2003, 8:40]
RealNetworks Stands Alone In Microsoft's Way
News The commission found that Microsoft hurt competition in the market for digital media players, fined the company €497m and ordered it to ship a version of its Windows operating system independently of its Windows Media Player product.
[November 15, 2004, 11:10]
Too Little, Too Late From EU?
News If the European Commission were to push that trend further, eliminating developers' certainty that Microsoft's media player would be installed on every PC, the market could slowly shift, some say. In a preliminary review released last August...
[March 8, 2004, 13:30]
Microsoft Ruling: EU Court Statement
News The second type of conduct to which the Commission took exception was the tying of Windows Media Player with the Windows PC operating system. By way of remedy, the Commission required Microsoft to offer for sale a version of Windows without Windows...
[September 17, 2007, 10:07]
Monti's Verdict On Microsoft - Blow By Blow
News The guilty verdict delivered to Microsoft by the European Commission on Wednesday contained three specific demands. As a result of the Commission's remedy, the configuration of such bundles will reflect what consumers want, and not what Microsoft...
[March 24, 2004, 11:30]
Monti To Microsoft: Guilty As Charged
News The Commissioner's ruling on the specific question of the Windows Media player and Microsoft's server software business raises the larger issue of future competition clashes with the Commission. In a statement, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said, "We...
[March 24, 2004, 10:25]
Microsoft Makes Last-ditch Effort To Appease EC
News A European Commission spokeswoman told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that Microsoft met Tuesday's deadline for submissions, but European authorities need to examine Microsoft's proposal to see if the company has complied fully with the conditions laid out...
[June 1, 2005, 13:15]
Microsoft Swimming Upstream With Windows Media
News As part of a strongly worded rebuke to Microsoft released on Wednesday, European Commission officials said they're leaning toward forcing the company either to stop bundling its Windows Media software along with its Windows operating system or to...
[August 11, 2003, 16:05]
EC Expands Microsoft Probe
News In fresh accusations against Microsoft, the Commission said that practices used by the company to extend its domination of the PC market into the low-end server market are illegal, as is the tying of Media Player to the Windows operating system.
[August 30, 2001, 14:14]
Microsoft: We'll Comply With EU Ruling
News Microsoft has said it will comply with European Commission sanctions and offer a version of Windows without Media Player in the New Year as well as licensing communications protocols to competitors. We will be offering a version of Windows in the...
[December 22, 2004, 14:45]
Microsoft Asks For Emergency EU Order
News The software maker already has filed a 100-page appeal before the Court of First Instance asking it to annul the European Commission's $604m (£332m) fine and media player requirement. The Commission's 24 March decision gave Microsoft 90 days to...
[June 25, 2004, 9:35]
