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Microsoft to stop bundling Media Player
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| BrownTA4Life |
| quote: | Sep. 24, 2004. 01:00 AM
EU prepares to battle Microsoft
BRUSSELS—Regulators are set to argue that the European Union needs to take a tougher stand against Microsoft Corp. because its antitrust rules are different from those that allowed the company to avoid making fundamental changes to its business model in the United States.
In a 63-page confidential pre-hearing filing seen by Dow Jones Newswires, the EU Commission says "U.S. antitrust law is different from EC competition law" and that "the concept of abuse of a dominant position does not exist in U.S. law." Findings in a U.S. antitrust case against Microsoft "cannot simply be transposed" to Europe, the EU says.
EU and Microsoft lawyers will square off next Thursday at the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, Europe's second highest tribunal.
The software giant is appealing a ruling made by regulators in March fining the company a record 497 million euros ($733 million Canadian) and requiring it to hand over software code as well as restrict the way it bundles Media Player software with Windows. After the hearing, court president Bo Vesterdorf must decide whether to freeze the EU's punishment pending a final decision.
Transatlantic divergence over Microsoft's "bundling" practices could be a critical point in the case. Microsoft accuses the EU Commission of crossing a doctrinal red line by ordering it to remove software that plays music and video clips from versions of Windows. In contrast, the U.S. courts approved a milder remedy that refrains from intruding in the design and engineering of the Windows operating system.
Dow Jones Newswires |
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...d=1095977415678
WTF
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| loconet |
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| arek |
lol
loco celebrates everytime a gash is made on bill gates skinny legs. |
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| starsearcher |
| hhmmm I never really use it anyway :p but oh well :p |
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| St_Andrew |
| Go EU |
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| rabbitjoker |
| too many non-capitalists in this world...... |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
too many non-capitalists in this world...... |
yeah damn americans doing nothing about the monopoly sitution... capitalism = fair competition
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
too many non-capitalists in this world...... |
lol ... mother russia will slay you
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by dEsidEL
lol ... mother russia will slay you
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aaahhh the motherland! :toothless |
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| Durafei |
Those who don't appreciate this ruling... You have to realize that this is for the greater good.
By bundling Windows Player into windows, Microsoft is essentially killing it's competition. How many of you are still using Winamp for listening to music/watching movies?? Probably not too many. Even though it's arguably a better program.
Monopolism kills competition. And competition is necessary for further progress.
In particular consider this: Internet Explorer at one point killed Netscape. And... for 3 years we have seen absolutely no progress in browsing experience. Only now, 3 years later, Mozilla finally introduced some new features, and Explorer will follow it's footsteps. |
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